Louisiana Immersion Program

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In this French immersion course you will have the opportunity to work on improving your spoken French as we explore together the linguistic, historical, and cultural contexts of French-speaking Louisiana with a focus on Louisiana (Cajun) French. This course combines eight class meetings in New York with a week-long linguistic and cultural immersion program in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Arnaudville, Louisiana. This program is being run in partnership with NYU's Alternative Spring Break Program, and as such it will include a service learning component. In addition to a number of scholarly articles on a variety of both historical and modern-day aspects of francophone Louisiana, readings for this course will include a selection of Louisiana poetry and short stories as well as a novel.