Julie interviewed in BBC Story: Why the French don’t Show Excitement
Julie was interview for this BBC story exploring how the concept of “excitement” doesn’t translate into French. “Verbally, ‘I’m so excited’ is sort of a …
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The Useless French Language and Why We Learn it
The Bonjour Effect is quote at length in this essay in the Los Angeles Review of Books, on what drives us to want to master …
The Rise of the Spanish Speaker
Excerpt taken from El Tiempo Latino. Op-ed by Alberto Avendano As author Julie Barlow once told me: “It is not only about Hispanics speaking Spanish, …
Why Does Spanish Have Two Different Words for “To Be”?
By Jean-Benoît Nadeau & Julie Barlow The question torments just about everyone trying to learn Spanish. The answer comes from the early history of Spanish. …
Why Do Languages Disappear?
By Jean-Benoît Nadeau & Julie Barlow People assume that globalization or colonialism is the main culprit behind the disappearance of languages. But the truth is, …
Not All Americans Speak English at Home
By Jean-Benoît Nadeau Today is International Mother Language Day, and it is a good opportunity to point out that not all Americans speak English …
Why Learn Spanish?
When it comes to learning new languages, we all have our own reasons. Let it be for personal development, career advancement or maybe even to …
The Polyglot Club: Learning New Languages while Making New Friends
A polyglot is one who is able to speak or write several different languages. The Polyglot Club is a place where one gets to practice …
The Progress of French in Africa
Excerpt taken from the book The Story of French (Ch.14) During our travels we tried to get an idea of how much English was displacing French in …
Montreal: French or English school?
Comments From Our Readers Rani writes: Hello there, I have been reading your books since just before I moved to France in 2008 with …