Cultural+Appreciation



Learning a language is about more than grammar, vocab, verbs and adjectives. It's about understanding the cultural nuances, social niceties, expectations, beliefs, values and so on.

Here are some of the resources you may find helpful:

Cultural (Bien Dit) (Bien Dit)

Have fun with your ** Cultural Utopia Project ** too -- what if you really COULD take only the best / most intriguing / most unique aspects of various countries and cultures and combine them to create a new utopia?




 * France Facts (post your quiz answers here) **


 * Quiz 1 — Cincia**


 * Quiz 2 - IAN!**
 * 1) The Hall of Mirrors is the central gallery of the Palace of Versailles in Versailles, France
 * 2) Festival celebrated by someone’s name (such as a birthday of a famous passed painter)
 * 3) Nasty little snails
 * 4) Thomas Bangalter & Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo
 * 5) The Popes fled to Avignon when leaving the corruption of Rome in the 14th century. They built the world’s largest Gothic edifice and left behind a trail of Gothic architecture
 * 6) Tour de France
 * 7) Saint Denis (a patron saint of Paris), Sainte Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc), Yves Saint Laurent
 * 8) Mary, Queen of Scots
 * 9) Cannes film festival
 * 10) Bastille Day
 * 11) About 400
 * 12) Saint Bernadette Soubirous


 * Quiz 3 — Renee **

Quiz 4 --- Coco 1. Francais hollande 2. Rouge bleu blanc 3. Le conconde 4. Frog legs 5. Mariann 6. 22 7. salut 8. Vienna 9. Black brown red 10. Bon appetit