Weaving the World Wide Web into teaching the culture of Quebec

The majority of current pedagogical literature on using the Web for teaching Francophone culture focuses on the elementary and intermediate levels of instruction. In advanced French language courses, the use of the Web tends toward the semester-long, student-directed research project followed by an oral presentation. This approach alone, however, falls short of attaining the broader cross-cultural goals of understanding another worldview and developing a constructive empathy for the people of another culture. This article describes the Web-enhanced elements of a course on Quebec. including a series of in-class, Web-enhanced lessons that follow a five-stage paradigm designed for advanced level French students.