The Image and Political Caricature in a French for Lawyers Classroom
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| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Humanising Language Teaching |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Web | http://www.hltmag.co.uk/apr16/ex03.htm |
| Field | Linguistics |
| Keywords | political caricature; Legal French; critical thinking |
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| Description | The aim of this text is to present an activity with politically engaged image in a classroom of university law students, level B2 of the CEFR. The objective of work with image as a classical instrument to incite spontaneous speech becomes in a class of LSP in a university context becomes more complex – tasks are oriented by a double focus: not only on language but also on the content. The language becomes an instrument of thought and a creativity vehicle while pursuing a particular extra-linguistic goal. |