French language

Numerous studies conducted in the last three decades have shown that our ability to discriminate non-native phonemic contrasts can be improved thanks to specific laboratory training procedures (e.g., Bradlow et al., 1999; Bradlow et al., 1997; Jamieson and Morosan, 1986, 1989; Lively et al., 1994; Lively et al., 1993; Logan et al., 1991; Sadakata and McQueen, 2013). For example, Bradlow et al. (1997) showed that the forced-choice identification of /r/ and /l/ by Japanese speakers significantly…

The Gateway to Atrophy Ruin was the only result of a wars fought by involuntary soldiers. The conscription used in World War One unfailingly led to detrimental outcomes. Communism in Russia through the wrath of the soldiers, the disintegration of French-English relations as a result of the Canadian Conscription Crisis, and the rise of Nazism in Germany were all directly caused by the conscripts forced to battle in World War One. Conscription was the pathway to the mass destruction of nations…

I spent my childhood in Russia, even though I was born in Finland, where my parents came from Russia for qualified medical help. I have a very interesting family, my grandmother Galina Dymshakova- chemistry professor, author of 160 inventions in the field of agricultural chemistry. In particular, it is the inventor of pesticides that have turned the whole agricultural sector in the world. At the same time, despite the fact that all inventions worth its name, it is not the owner of the patent, as…

Paper With all of France’s places, food, culture, and people, France is can truly be an amazing place. Over 80 million visitors come to visit this country every year, and for many reasons. There are many things to do here, from the traditional French cuisine dish Escargots, or cooked land snails, to the sly smirk of the Mona Lisa in one of the world's largest museums, the Louvre, and to the romantic view of the City of Lights over the top of the Eiffel Tower in the nighttime. France is a…

countries. My parents were very patient and kind to them, inviting the Laotians into our home. Their general approach to people from other countries had an impact on me. To this day, I try to be patient and understand that communicating in a second language is not easy. When I was in junior high school, the high school in my town would have exchange students from various countries. It was captivating to learn about other parts of the world firsthand. My sister went to the country of…

(Roberts 94). From the discussion in Roberts’ book the French Resistance members were better received than the actual French military (95). Resistance members were considered to have been the French people who never gave up fighting, unlike the French military. Although more positively received, the Resistance members were considered hasty and wild in their tactics. One of the main issues with the working relationship between the American and French militaries was the American military’s…

for one, would be one of those countries. Some of the things that are interesting are the history, ethnic relations, food, economy, and religion. The history and ethnic relations started when the Gauls lived mainly in France, Gauls are a Celtic-language group, when the Romans conquered territory in the first century B.C.E. (Before Common Era). It taking place over several centuries and resulted in the emergence of the modern nation. Combination of the cultural influenced the Gauls, Romans, and…

Montreal is a city that has special meeting space that various peoples among different cultures, religious backgrounds, ethnicities and languages can encounter. Specifically, Montreal is a perfect historical city that illustrates Mary Louis Pratt’s concept of a contact zone. The contact zone is where social spaces (i.e. cities) is in contact with two or more cultures that could clash and interact with each other through ideas, identity, class, culture and politics. The historical context can be…

the week and the date in French on a piece of paper. This gave the time for the students to get settled and have individual time. Next, the students worked in partners. Within their partners, they had to check each other’s work to see if it was written correctly. Then, the teacher would begin a group discussion about the weather. In French, she would ask, “Is it rainy outside? Is it sunny outside? Are their clouds?” The students would reply with, “Yes,” or “No,” in French. The teacher did this…

into a colony. The French ruled the east from the capital, Yaoundé. The British had a small area in the west and was loosely ruled from the Nigeria area, they grew tired of colonialism in 1945 and independence was achieved in French Cameroon in 1960.Cameroon has no single day of independence. By 1961 the southerners of British Cameroon…