2009 Course Handbook
FRN373: French Language and Cultural Values
One of the main hypotheses in the study of cross-cultural communication is that in different language communities people speak differently. These differences, which are profound and systematic, reflect different hierarchies of cultural values. The aim of this unit is to illustrate, through the medium of French, how linguistic evidence can be used to corroborate putative cultural values and how the study of selected communicative norms, phrases, key words and syntactic structures can lead the language learner to either the discovery or a more subtle understanding of language-specific cultural values. The main medium of instruction will be French.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 2 |
| When Offered: | 2010 - offered in 2010 |
| Staff Contact: | Dr Bert Peeters |
| Prerequisites: | FRN227 |
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| Unit Designations: | -- |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of International Studies |