Teaching French as a Multicultural Language: The French-speaking World Outside of Europe

Teaching French as a Multicultural Language: The French-speaking World Outside of Europe
ISBN-10
0872811603
ISBN-13
9780872811607
Category
Foreign Language Study / Romance Languages (Other)
Pages
53
Language
English
Published
1981
Publisher
Center for Applied Linguistics
Author
John D. Ogden

Description

This booklet proposes to approach the teaching of French from a multicultural perspective. The introductory section presents the reasons for recommending this orientation and the pedagogical advantages to be derived from it, emphasizing the fact that French serves as a link between several Francophone nations and their widely different cultures. Accordingly, a multicultural approach is viewed as more realistic than one that focuses solely on France, and more likely to broaden the appeal of the language as a tool for international communication. The second section offers a panorama of the Francophone regions of the world, with brief introductions to the historical and linguistic contexts into which the French language and culture were thrust, and with a list of basic readings on Francophone literature. The third section presents various activities for teaching about the cultures of the French-speaking world, arranged by level of language proficiency. The fourth section suggests ways of making or collecting instructional materials. The fifth section, a selected bibliography and guide to resources, lists sources of print and audiovisual materials for each Francophone region, including addresses of U.S. distributors and of Francophone nations' embassies in Washington. (MES)

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