Essays Tagged: "French language"

Walt Whittman

ears later he took a job as a journalist and was the editor of many New York papers. He studied the French language, and many of his poems contain French words.When he traveled to the New Orleans, he ...

(3 pages) 127 0 4.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

This essay is about French Literature.

French Literature, the literature of France, from the mid-800s until the present. French literature ... s, noted especially for its examination of human society and the individual's place within society. French literature does not include francophone literature--works written in the French language but ... -works written in the French language but originating in other countries, such as Canada or Senegal.French literature reflects the cultural and political history of France. Until the French Revolution ...

(1 pages) 62 0 4.0 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

France and its culture.

rchitecture, and world known food, France is very far from an ordinary, run of the mill country.The French language is a member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family ... he Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. It is know as the language of lovers. French is spoken as a first language by more than 70,000,000 people, mainly in France, then Belgium, ...

(4 pages) 111 0 4.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

French beyond borders.

onomical, political, cultural, and racial. What is the result of having these borders? How does the French language play a role in modern time? A language can help transcend borders by how the economy ... o. Each language has its differences, but they all play the same role for how the borders work. The French language in the world is used for communication. To separate the different cultures and polit ...

(2 pages) 34 0 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Boule de Suif-Guy de Maupassant Quels sont les effets de la guerre dépeints par Maupassant dans ces contes?Quels gens critique-t-il le plus?

ans le reaction des villageois, les humbles Ici les politiciens sont fous.A FEW SPELLING ERRORS AND LANGUAGE FLAWS HERE BUT STILL A GRADE 'A' EXAM PIECE

(3 pages) 23 1 4.3 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

W. Laurier

live, which would make all Canadians happy. His compromises were a good thing for the country. The French-English Relations, the Boer war and The Naval Issue were some of the example, which proved th ... merica Act of 1867 guaranteed the right to denominational schools in all provinces; this meant that French Canadians could send their children to catholic schools where the language of instruction wou ...

(2 pages) 20 0 0.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Canadian History Specifically Quebec. Official Languages Act = title

of 1969, officially recognized Canada as a bilingual country. Although it is acknowledged that the French and English languages hold equal status, bilingualism is often resented. This is because it t ... because it tends to be viewed by English speaking Canadians as special status treatment to appease French-Canadians who sought greater autonomy once.The 1960's were filled with political unrest as Qu ...

(2 pages) 21 0 0.0 May/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers

CIVILISATION FRANÇAISE

(20 pages) 15 0 1.0 May/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Experiential learning of french language and the strategies used during learning

INTRODUCTIONThis assignment is a case study of my French learning experience. .I experienced the learning of French language for three days. I analyze ... .I experienced the learning of French language for three days. I analyzed my experience of learning French. I looked upon the learning styles of various learners as well as the teaching styles adapted ... ng styles of various learners as well as the teaching styles adapted by the French teacher to teach French. I used various language learning strategies for learning. Some were effective and some were ...

(18 pages) 109 0 4.2 Jun/2005

Subjects: Art Essays

Do you agree that "being religious in itself is not a necessary qualification for a student of religion?"

r a student of religion just as how many students pick up a foreign language in school, for example French. These students need not be French to be a student of the French language. However, if it was ... d not be French to be a student of the French language. However, if it was stipulated that only the French could be a student of French, then all of them would pass their exams with flying colours. ...

(3 pages) 27 0 5.0 Jul/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Comparative Essay for Poetry Unit: "Search for My Tongue" by Sujata Bhatt and "Half-Caste" by John Agard

and foreign language of English. The use of this metaphorical analogy is widespread, such as in the French language, where the word “langue” means both tongue and language. According to Bhat ...

(6 pages) 33 0 5.0 Jun/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature > Poetry

Chauvelin

ft in false security waiting in their hidden retreat"¦" p. 92 - "He firmly believed that the French aristocrat was the most bitter enemy of France; he would have wished to see everyone of them ...

(1 pages) 1480 0 0.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Assimilation or accommodation

population. Attempts of both assimilation and accommodation were evident among the newly conquered French population. Since the British were the dominating culture, many English people wished ... ncil and have political representation. The governor of Britain, James Murry, although liked by the French forbid any other Roman Catholic churches to be resurrected but promoted the religion of the B ...

(3 pages) 20 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Frederick The Great

ow form Germany. He came to the thrown in 1740 after his father's death. He also favored to use the French language and art. In many ways Frederick was a great and important ruler for the devel ...

(1 pages) 7 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

Canadian Economists

labourer, he was educated in commercial studies. In 1897, when he was 42 years old and working as a French-language stenographer and reporter in the House of Commons in Ottawa, he heard a parliamentar ... als were to figth usury, to improve the lot of the working classes, to bring economic libiration to French Canadians and to slow their exodus to the US. Originals of such kind of organizations came fr ...

(5 pages) 13 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Awards Outside of the Classroom

t attack on the World Trade Center, I responed to an urgent call for volunteers who spoke Japanese, French, English and Vietnamese. A rare "quadruple threat" in languages, I received permission to lea ... le maintaining my fluency in Chinese. By the time I reached high school, I was ready to embrace the French language and culture. In subsequent years, I studied Vietnamese and Japanese, which preserve ...

(1 pages) 984 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

CELTA - Focus on the Learner.

is married with two children, and has lived in Oman for five years. The learner's first language is French. It is also the language that is spoken at home.Learner's profileThe learner's level of Engli ... completed a certificate in disability studies. The learner studied English three times a week at a French speaking school as part of the school curriculum from grades 6 to 10. She describes her learn ...

(6 pages) 110 2 2.3 Mar/2009

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Linguistics

Analysis of Tartuffe based on Aristotelian Methods

ace in a single day.Tartuffe takes place undoubtedly in France as shown by the currency, the use of French throughout the script and our assumption of it's modernity as mentioned above. The currency p ... vely to France because it is named after King Louis XIII of France and was used only in France. The French language is used throughout the script specifically in the names and was originally written i ...

(7 pages) 8934 0 0.0 Nov/2009

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Business Strategy of Total S.A.

040; Business strategyTоtаl S.А. (Eurоnext: FP, NYSE: TОT) is а French оil cоmpаny аnd оne оf the six "Supermаjоr" & ... e-scаle chemicаls mаnufаcturer.PEST АnаlysisTоtаl's French оrigins give the cоmpаny аn аdvаntаge оver m& ...

(23 pages) 34 0 0.0 May/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

A Commentary on Lucky's Monologue in Waiting for Godot

ntioned bears a slight resemblance to the actual scholars, the Scottish inventor James Watt and the French mathematician Louis Poinsot (Cockerham) but in fact can be seen as a humorous Anglicization o ... tew and Cunard" which is open to a number of interpretations. One is that they are derived from the French names, Testu et Conard. Another is that they may be seen as a reference to the French tê ...

(6 pages) 12417 0 0.0 Jun/2010

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature