French Language and Caribbean Culture in Martinique
Course Description:
Enhance your French language skills, indulge in the rhythm and energy of the French Creole cultures in the bustling stylish city of Fort-de-France…not far from lovely beaches and dense tropical forests. Experience France, and the European Union, while taking intensive French from native speakers as a student at the Université des Antilles. Highlights also include homestays, day-long excursions to neighboring islands, optional hiking and scuba diving, as well as on-site study of Caribbean culture.
Course Objectives:
- Enhance knowledge of French language with particular emphasis on speaking and listening skills, including vocabulary related to Creole cultures.
- Understand and appreciate what makes the French Caribbean a unique world culture, engage in experiential learning through a field project related to the society and culture of Martinique.
- Become self-reflective about experiences in an unfamiliar culture and let go of assumptions: such an experience lends to a shift in self-identity, an expanding acceptance of others, and a more cosmopolitan outlook on the world.
Course Credit:
- FREN 341: Language and Collective Identity in the Caribbean or
- FREN 241: Language and Culture in the Caribbean
- French 341 or 241 may be counted toward the French minor or major.
Prerequisites:
French 301 for 341, 201 for 241, 101 for 141 or permission of instructor.
Program Fee:
$4,520. Includes all instructional and administrative fees, homestay with meals, airfare, planned excursions. Does not include recommended travel immunizations. See PLU Health Services' website for recommendations and costs.
Application Deadline:
April 18, 2008. A non-refundable deposit of $50.00 is required with the application. A $250 non-refundable program payment to confirm participation in the course is due within 10 days of notification of acceptance. Maximum 16 students.
Faculty Leader:
Dr. Rebecca Wilkin, Assistant Professor of French
For information, contact the Wang Center 253-535-7577 or wang.center@plu.edu