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Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Contemporary French Society

21G.315 · Global Studies and Languages · Undergraduate · Fall 2011

Sabine Levet

MIT · Tier 1

This course is an intermediate subject designed to help students gradually build an in-depth understanding of France. The course focuses on French attitudes and values regarding education, work, family and institutions, and deals with the differing notions that underlie interpersonal interactions and communication styles, such as politeness, friendship and formality. Using a Web comparative, cross-cultural approach, students explore a variety of French and American materials, then analyze and c…

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Sabine Levet. 21G.315 Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Contemporary French Society. Fall 2011. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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