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Barlow, Julie, 1968-
Subjects
National characteristics, French.
French language -- Social aspects.
Oral communication -- France.
Language and culture -- France.
France -- Social life and customs.
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Barlow, Julie, 1968-
National characteristics, French.
French language -- Social aspects.
Oral communication -- France.
Language and culture -- France.
France -- Social life and customs.
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The
bonjour
effect
: the
secret
codes
of
French
conversation
revealed
/ Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoît Nadeau.
by
Barlow, Julie, 1968-
St. Martin's Griffin, 2017, c2016.
Call #:
944 B258b
Subjects
National characteristics,
French
.
French
language -- Social aspects.
Oral communication -- France.
Language and culture -- France.
France -- Social life and customs.
ISBN:
9781250130273 (pbk)
Edition:
1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.
Description:
x, 310 p. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-297) and index.
Summary:
"Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow spent a decade traveling back and forth to Paris as well as living there. Yet one important lesson never seemed to sink in: how to communicate comfortably with the
French
, even when you speak their language. In The
Bonjour
Effect
Jean-Benoît and Julie chronicle the lessons they learned after they returned to France to live, for a year, with their twin daughters. They offer up all the lessons they learned and explain, in a book as fizzy as a bottle of the finest
French
champagne, the most important aspect of all: the
French
don't communicate, they converse. To understand and speak
French
well, one must understand that
French
conversation
runs on a set of rules that go to the heart of
French
culture. Why do the
French
like talking about 'the decline of France'? Why does broaching a subject like money end all discussion? Why do the
French
become so aroused debating the merits and qualities of their own language? Through encounters with school principals, city hall civil servants, gas company employees, old friends and business acquaintances, Julie and Jean-Benoît explain why, culturally and historically,
conversation
with the
French
is not about communicating or being nice. It's about being interesting. After reading The
Bonjour
Effect
, even readers with a modicum of
French
language ability will be able to hold their own the next time they step into a bistro on the Left Bank."--Publisher.
Other authors:
Nadeau, Jean-Benoît.
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