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Crevier-Buchman, Lise; Pillot-Loiseau, Claire; Rialland, Annie; Narantuya; Vincent, Coralie; Desjacques, Alain – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2012
This article reports the results of a multiparametrical analysis of "Mongolian Long Song," characterised by multiple ornamentation and shows the similarities between the laryngeal behaviour observed during these ornamentations and the compensatory gesture produced by patients after supracricoid partial laryngectomy. This study includes…
Descriptors: Singing, Patients, Acoustics, Human Body
Hoareau, Cecile – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2011
The French Government has had a paradoxical relationship with globalization. Globalization is perceived as both a threat to react against and a cradle for new policy ideas. French policymakers have a love-hate relationship with the European higher education reforms that started in the 1990s, a mixed sentiment that French singer Serge Gainsbourg…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, Competition, Educational Change
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Declercq, Elien; D'hulst, Lieven – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2010
New research on the history of nineteenth-century Flemish migration into the North of France shows ample evidence of a complex pattern of transfer procedures taking place between the source and target cultures, both via institutions such as newspapers, magazines and associations and via practices such as popular theatre, almanacs and songs. The…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Foreign Countries, Migrants, Second Languages
Vincent, Gerard – Francais dans le Monde, 1976
Examines the rise of Yves Montand as popular singer, his artistic roles, and his sociological role as part of modern French culture. (Text is in French.) (AM)
Descriptors: Artists, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Singing
Chambard, Lucette – Francais dans le Monde, 1976
Analyzes some of the roles which popular singers play in France. These roles are found to be poetic, political, and cultural, and are found to be tied to a socioeconomic context. (Text is in French.) (AM)
Descriptors: Artists, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Poetry
Dubreuilh, Jean-Luc; And Others – Francais dans le Monde, 1989
A series of articles on France's Bastille Day and its significance to the French over the two centuries of its celebration presents the viewpoints of the historian, writer, painter, film industry, and singer and provides materials and instructional ideas for classroom use. (MSE)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Context, Cultural Education
Kaufman, James C., Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2009
The field of intelligence testing has been revolutionized by Alan S. Kaufman. He developed the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) with David Wechsler, and his best-selling book, Intelligent Testing with the WISC-R, introduced the phrase "intelligent testing." Kaufman, with his wife, Nadeen, then created his own…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intelligence, Learning Disabilities, Testing
Franco, Elaine A., Ed. – 1983
The eight papers presented in this collection are (1) "Bibliographic Instruction: The Librarian's Responsibility," in which Carol A. Singer discusses the place of librarians versus teaching faculty in library instruction; (2) "Bibliographic Instruction for Undergraduate Students: Development of a One Credit Course" (at Kearney…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Equipment, Foreign Countries, Information Networks