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Manuel de la confrérie du Saint-Rosaire, érigée dans l'église cathédrale du Mans...
Author: La Sagouine
Author: Antonine MailletPublisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 9780889241855
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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In this Canadian classic, a washerwoman fills the stage with the voice of poverty and of pride.
What If the Sun...
Author: Charles Ferdinand RamuzPublisher:
ISBN: 9780987401472
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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What might the end of the world look like, to people who inhabit high mountains, whose lives are governed by the dependable revolution of the seasons? Perhaps the sun might slip beneath a western ridge one evening, and not return in the morning. In the first half of the 20th century, that terrifying prospect represented a mild version of hell. Real hell would be knowing in advance that it was going to happen. And so, revisiting a theme that Charles Ferdinand Ramuz had explored many times before in his fiction-notably in a short story that he wrote in 1912, on the eve of another war-he bestowed upon the villagers of Upper Saint-Martin the dreadful knowledge that the sun was sick and would soon expire, leaving them to die alone in the cold and the dark. The prophecy falls from the lips of the village sage and healer, Antoine Anzevui. The weather seems to bear him out. But the sun abandons those parts for a few months every year, so to accept the prophecy means to have faith in the prophet-to believe him when he says that the life-giving star won't return as expected in the spring. What holds for Upper Saint-Martin holds for the rest of the world, because in Ramuz's novels the village is the world and the world is the village Written in Fench as Si le soleil ne revenait pas and translated into English for the first time by Michelle Bailt-Jones, here are both the 1912 short story and the 1937 novel - What if the sun..."
Manuel de la confrérie du Saint-Rosaire, érigée dans la paroisse royale Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis...
Author: Current Research in Bilingualism and Bilingual Education
Author: Piotr RomanowskiPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 331992396X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
This book covers research topics in bilingual education, language policies, language contact, identity of bilingual speakers, early bilingualism, heritage languages, and more, and provides an overview of current theory, research and practice in the field of bilingualism. Each chapter is written by a specialist in the field. Part I focuses on the numerous and heterogeneous relations between languages as well as the implications arising from bilingual speech processing. In Part II, a series of contextualized studies on bilingual classrooms are presented, with diverse research designs applied in different educational settings being a key feature of these studies. Part III bridges theory and practice by offering an insight into mono- and multilingual school settings showcasing examples of educational institutions where bilingualism successfully soared and depicts the needs related to language education.
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Author: Abbé Nazaire Arnault