The French Program Tours Urban Alchemy
January 26th, 2010Over the past month, one of Professor Nancy Durbin’s classes at Lindenwood University has participated in another session of the French Program. During the program, French-learners are given tours of the Pulitzer’s current exhibition in both English and French and then asked to give tours in French to high school students. Below is a reflection from Lindenwood student Emma Odenwald on working with a native French speaker. You can read more related posts on the French Program page.
I’m a junior at Lindenwood University participating in the French program at the Pulitzer for the second year in a row. This year, during the the program for Urban Alchemy/Gordon Matta-Clark, we were fortunate enough to have three native French speakers in our class. Each non-native speaker was paired up with a native French speaker to prepare and give tours.
Working with a native French speaker has been very beneficial in preparing our presentation of the works of Gordon Matta-Clark. There are a lot of words associated with urban decay and the transformation of rundown buildings that I was not exactly familiar with. Having a French speaker to help with unfamiliar words was very helpful. Before every tour so far I have been nervous, but my partner, Yasmina, has been very good at reassuring me that I will do fine. Read the rest of this entry »
