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Quebec French: Attitudes and Pedagogical Perspectives
Author(s) -
SALIEN JEANMARIE
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
the modern language journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.486
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1540-4781
pISSN - 0026-7902
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4781.1998.tb02601.x
Subject(s) - salient , ap french language , curriculum , french , variation (astronomy) , sociology , pedagogy , french literature , political science , linguistics , history , humanities , classics , art , philosophy , law , physics , astrophysics
Teachers of French in the U.S. have either ignored, frowned upon, or ridiculed Quebec French. As a result, their students seldom have exposure to the variation of French spoken in La Belle Province , which is deplorable in view of the missed opportunities to learners of French interested in studying abroad. This article aims to review the arguments against stereotypes of Quebec French, to present a defense of Québécois as an acceptable and teachable form of the French language, and to attract the attention of teachers of French to the pedagogical opportunities of that dialect. Salient aspects of the article include the discussion of joual, québécois , and international French, and ideas about how to include Quebec French in a French curriculum.