AATF National Commission on Cultural Competence
The Commission is dedicated to furthering the teaching of French and French-speaking
cultures. To this end the Commission has produced a model defining general
standards for cultural competence and applying those standards to the many
French-speaking areas of the world.
Acquiring Cultural Competence: Four Stages for Students of French
Co-Chairs: Howard Nostrand and Allan Grundstrom
Editor: Alan Singerman
National Textbook Company, 1996.
The following section contains portions of the text of the AATF National
Bulletin (January 1995) insert providing an overview
of the work of the Commission on Cultural Competence.
Understanding Culture
Teacher's Corner
Here we will list documents created by AATF members and links to Web sources
that may help you in the teaching of French-speaking cultures.
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Last update 9 September 1999.
