Marksville ; Avoyelles Parish French ; generational transmission ; heritage ; ancestry in Avoyelles Parish ; Lemoine ; Couvillion ; Ducote ; literacy rates ; cajun french ; age of French speaking generation ; classification of French speaking areas in Louisiana ; Point Coupee ; CODOFIL ; standard French ; advertisements ; newspaper ; television ; encouraging use of French at home ; acceptance of foreign teachers ; James Domengeaux ; local teachers ; Sacred Heart School ; Fifth Ward ; Moreauville ; Simmsport ; psychology of the French-speaking movement ; generational transmission of French ; Louisiana Tourism Commission ; French street signs ; French maps ; origins of boucherie ; knocking eggs ; p‰que ; cogner ; French in media ; advertisements in French ; radio ; television ; French music in Avoyelles ; cajun ; influence of Avoyelles Parish ; family names in Avoyelles Parish ; problems of writing Avoyelles Parish French ; accepting value of dialect ; preservation of local French ; introduction of standard French ; archaic expressions ; differences in pronunciation ; similarities between Avoyelles Parish ; Cottonport ; low degree of racial mixing