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The glossary is in alphabetical order by principal terms as they are used in French. I present first a table of all the terms. Then for each entry, my definition for the field of French theory of teaching and writing appears first, with the term in French and italicized, followed by my definition for United States composition theory or teaching practice. This way of organizing the entries sometime gives the impression that we are looking at a list of opposing terms, but that is not always the case. The overlaps in meaning and use are just as important. On the whole, the definitions offered here are only useful in the context of trying to understand each other: our concerns, our interests, our approaches. Rather than just comparing, I think we benefit from considering them into relation to each other.

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