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Peer reviewedWest, Michael J.; Donato, Richard – Foreign Language Annals, 1995
Describes an initiative to incorporate folktales and legends from francophone West Africa into a college-level advanced French literary and cultural studies course. Students recorded their reactions to various texts taken from France and West Africa in reading journals. Analysis of the journals shows that critical competencies in Western culture…
Descriptors: African Culture, Course Objectives, Cultural Awareness, Folk Culture
