Sentences with phrase «french high culture»

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The Department of Education, Early Learning and Culture develops and delivers high quality programs and curriculum in English and French to Island children from birth to Grade 12.

Also, several players from Canada speak French and have made appearances at local high school French classes to help students develop their language skills and share information about their culture.

The French are way ahead in this dressing game and ministers like Christine Albanel (Culture), Rama Yade (Foreign Affairs), Michele Alliot - Marie (Interior) and Valerie Pecresse (Higher Education) all regularly wear pieces that have been requested from French designers.

In French business culture, management and other high - level jobs usually go to graduates from the French Ecoles d'ingénieurs, which offer prestige, more hands - on training, and an extended network of potential employers.

French director Xavier Giannoli borrows an obscure piece of American pop culture for his latest feature, Marguerite, a 1920s Parisian high society dramedy based loosely on the life and career of New England socialite Florence Foster Jenkins.

For example, the British of the day would often throw lavish parties in Paris and invite all of the city's aristocrats so as to attempt to pick up the customs and manners of French high - culture.

It offers a fascinating blend of Vietnamese, Chinese and French cultures, as well as modern high - rises, centuries - old traditional architecture, sweeping boulevards and quaint narrow streets.

Arteaga was decorated as a Chevalier in the French Republic's Order of Arts and Letters in 1998, and he received the Ohtli Award from the government of Mexico in 2013, which is the highest honor bestowed to Mexican citizens for support of Mexican culture abroad.

One year after the end of Ceci n'est pas..., the French Mission for Culture and Higher Education is to proud to be a partner... More

From the press release: Jean Dubuffet (French, 1901 — 1985) maintained a rebellious attitude toward prevailing notions of high culture, beauty, and good taste, and was a relentless innovator....

The use of French alludes to the hegemony of Classical Western - European High Culture while its representation in the exhibition suggests dissolution and degeneracy.

The duo coined the term «collage» (from the French verb «coller,» meaning «to glue» or «to stick») to describe works composed from pasted pieces of colored paper, newsprint, and fabric, considered at the time to be an audacious intermingling of high and low culture.

Jean - Noël Jeanneney, President of the Bibliothèque Nationale has a long record as a servant of the French state — chief executive of Radio - France, head of the Commission for the Bicentennial of the Revolution, and junior minister for foreign trade — but he also holds intellectual culture in high esteem, especially if it is French.

Though the Canadian market has been asking Carswell for years to publish the French and English editions as two separate, less expensive publications, Carswell has refused, claiming on the one hand that a bilingual and bijuridical legal culture requires both languages in one volume (the high road) or that bilingual production is possible only with the higher price to subsidize the additional expense of producing it in two languages (the low road).

• Ability to lift up till 60 lbs • Multilingual: Fluent in English, French and Spanish • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Computer: MS Office Applications • Exposure to and high tolerance for diverse cultures

Ethical Culture Fieldston School, Bronx • NY 1997 — Present French Teacher and High School Advisor Provide innovative and creative language instruction for all levels of High School French and Middle School French programs.