Reviews – Issue 48 of Francophonie, autumn 2013
Editor’s Note We have a rather short Reviews section this time. We are currently looking for a new Reviews Editor for Francophonie. If you’d be interested in sourcing new publications, finding reviewers (who get to keep the books they review) and editing this column...
L’Association des Professeurs de Français pour L’Afrique et L’Ocean Indien change d’équipe et de stratégie
Jean-Benoît Alokpon (Président de l’APFA-OI) L’ASSOCIATION L’Association des Professeurs de Français pour l’Afrique et l’Océan Indien (APFA-OI) est l’une des huit Commissions que compte la Fédération Internationale des Professeurs de Français (FIPF). Les sept autres...
Grammar and Communication: Friends not Foes
Martine Pillette (Moulton, Northamptonshire) THE GRAMMAR AGENDA In the days of O level (GCE Ordinary level was introduced in Britain in 1951) communication was not at the heart of the MFL agenda. The emphasis was much more on linguistic competence than on performance....Liberté, égalité, laïcité? The new consensus in French society
Mike Kelly (University of Southampton) La laïcité has recently re-emerged as a focus of French political life. All main parties endorse it across the political spectrum, as do the most important institutions of civil society, including most religious organisations. La...