{"id":4091,"date":"2024-04-18T12:05:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T16:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/?p=4091"},"modified":"2024-04-18T12:05:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T16:05:17","slug":"french-new-york-a-field-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/2024\/04\/18\/french-new-york-a-field-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"French New York: A Field Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On April 5, 2024, Montclair students studying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/programs-of-study\/french\/\">French<\/a> discovered the p\u00e9tanque courts of New York City\u2019s Bryant Park. With its garden designed in the classic French style, and its abundance of games, statues, restaurants, and picturesque spots for relaxing in the shade of the Empire State Building, Bryant Park is a quintessential destination for French speakers. Coached on the finer points of the game by Pierre, a volunteer member of La Boule New-Yorkaise, students honed their language skills while conversing in French.<\/p>\n<p>Complementing physical activity with intellectual and gustatory exploration, the group explored the New York Public Library and its \u201cTreasures\u201d exhibition \u2013 including a Gutenberg Bible, original copies of J.J. Audubon\u2019s Birds of America, and Charles Cordier\u2019s busts of V\u00e9nus africaine and Sa\u00efd Abdullah \u2013 before capping off the day by indulging in Mont Blanc, the signature concoction of P\u00e2tisserie Angelina Paris.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was wonderful to have the experience of playing p\u00e9tanque for the first time in New York City and to walk through the biggest library I\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d said graduate student Isaac Kpoka, who grew up in Togo. Graduate Assistant Imane Nayyar, who planned the details of the trip with Kpoka, commented that \u201cThe walls, designs, and treasures [of the New York Public Library] created an impression unlike any other!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the excursion, students from various levels of French practiced what they have learned in class. After French New York, Professors Emery and Loysen, the trip chaperones, think they\u2019re ready to head to French-speaking Qu\u00e9bec, Paris, and Dakar!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2024\/04\/IMG_1363-Elizabeth-Emery.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2024\/04\/IMG_1363-Elizabeth-Emery.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2024\/04\/IMG_1363-Elizabeth-Emery.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of French students at Bryant Park\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 5, 2024, Montclair students studying French discovered the p\u00e9tanque courts of New York City\u2019s Bryant Park. With its garden designed in the classic French style, and its abundance of games, statues, restaurants, and picturesque spots for relaxing in the shade of the Empire State Building, Bryant Park is a quintessential destination for French [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":4095,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-french","category-world-languages-and-cultures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4094,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4091\/revisions\/4094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}