http://hdl.handle.net/2328/978 2013-05-25T12:49:45Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/14847 Title: French migration to South Australia (1955-1971): what alien registration documents can tell us Authors: Bouvet, Eric James; Boudet-Griffin, Elizabeth 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/3161 Title: French migration to Australia in the post WWII period: Benevolent tolerance and cautious collaboration Authors: Bouvet, Eric James Abstract: The main objective of this study is to consider the diplomatic relations between France and Australia in the three decades following World War II with a view to documenting the events that contributed to the development of French migration to Australia. This period is significant in the context of the history of the French in Australia because in the thirty years that followed the war, more French migrants arrived in Australia than at any other time in the history of the French presence in this country. The few studies that have been concerned with French migration to Australia have not examined in great detail the events that took place during this time. In order to shed light on the diplomatic relations between France and Australia relative to the question of French migration, I have analysed archival materials, including formerly classified Commonwealth and diplomatic correspondence recently released by the National Archives of Australia. Before presenting an account of the events that shaped post World War II migration from France, this article will outline the state of the research on the French in Australia and provide an overview of the development of the French community in Australia from the days of settlement to the earlY 1970S. 2007-08-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/1520 Title: Foreign Language reading as cultural problem-solving: The intercultural stance of the reader. [abstract]. Authors: Bouvet, Eric James Abstract: The purpose of this project is to continue my investigation of the Foreign Language (FL) reader’s problem-solving behaviour. Having examined the conditions of implementation of reading strategies associated with lexical and syntactical difficulties, I now propose to study how Anglo-Australian university language students deal with unfamiliar cultural events featured in written texts in French. The main objective of the project I propose to undertake in the context of Language and Intercultural Communication research is therefore to gain an understanding of the nature of the strategies implemented by FL readers to identify and attempt to overcome cultural unfamiliarity featured in written texts. A corollary objective is to observe how FL linguistic proficiency may influence the perception and apprehension of cultural difficulties. 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/1517 Title: More than a sea change? Post-World War II French migration to South Australia. [abstract]. Authors: Bouvet, Eric James Abstract: The proposed paper seeks to examine the contextual reasons as well as the personal motivations that spurred the French to migrate and settle in South Australia in the 1950s and 1960s. This study constitutes the second stage of the investigation of post-Word War II French migration to South Australia up to the early 1970s, this time from a qualitative perspective. A quantitative study carried out in 2003-2004 produced original demographic and socio-economic data about the French migrants settling in South Australia (see Bouvet & Boudet-Griffin, 2005), however, it did not provide information about the migration process as experienced by individuals. 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z