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  1. Hi all, So I have a question that I never imagined I'd be asking, but here we are. I was accepted to a top state university for a PhD in French after earning my MA elsewhere. The funding is incredible, higher than some ivies I considered. The people are great, the town is fun and growing, so I was thrilled. When I visited the campus in April, my only qualm was that the two classes I visited were taught in English, so during my visit, I asked the grad advisor if this was an anomaly. She assured me that it was and that most of the coursework would indeed be in French. Fast forward to me starting my program, and the French dept courses I'm in are being taught in English The readings are mostly in French but many people just revert to the English translations, when available, for the sake of efficacy. This has really shocked me, considering that my MA was at a much lower ranked school and the coursework was almost exclusively in French. Not to mention that the other French PhD students at my current school are accomplished and fully bilingual like me... The only answer I can think of is that there are some comp lit students in those French classes, but shouldn't they be able to speak at least decently in French if they are theoretically expected to do the readings in that language? Theory can be a bit hard to translate, so I get that, but we're even talking about primary texts in English and it feels completely absurd. I feel a little ungrateful since there are great things about the school and they clearly really want me here, but I also love speaking French and I'm wondering if anyone who's been in a PhD program elsewhere can confirm whether this is a normal language dynamic for PhD programs in French in the US. Thanks for any help you can give.
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