Presentation
When Words Fail: Language Barriers in Laurent Cantet’s Entre les murs (2008)
20th & 21st Century French & Francophone Studies International Colloquium
(2012)
Abstract
This paper explored the different levels on which language itself presents an obstacle to Parisian middle school teacher François as he attempts to connect with an ethnically and racially diverse group of students.
Disciplines
Publication Date
March 29, 2012
Citation Information
Mariah E Devereux Herbeck. "When Words Fail: Language Barriers in Laurent Cantet’s Entre les murs (2008)" 20th & 21st Century French & Francophone Studies International Colloquium (2012) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mariah_devereux_herbeck/12/