What Language Does Your Car Speak?
The precursor to the World Wide Web was called Minitel. Launched in France in 1982, these chunky brown machines are now relics in history museums. …
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Jean-Benoît presents to AMWA Canada
On February 29th, Jean-Benoît Nadeau will give a presentation to the Montreal chapter of the American Medical Writers Association on how to master the business …
Love in the Time of French
Is French really the language of love? Because today is St. Valentine ’s Day, we thought the question was à propos. The Forum mondial de …
French as an International Language
Excerpt taken from the book The Story of French As an international language, French is said to be waning. English not so long ago surpassed French …
Why Bother Learning Different Languages?
Big debate this morning over foreign languages in the pages of the New York Times. This time, it’s the economist Lawrence Summers, former president of …
Jean-Benoît Nadeau’s New Language Blog
Starting today, Jean-Benoît will act as editor-in-chief of the (The French Language World Forum). Every week, through interviews, photos and videos, an exciting new entry …
The ABC’s of the French Language
The French magazine Femme Actuelle Jeux recently published an “ABC of the French Language” based on our book The Story of French.
Thriving as a Book Author in the Electronic Age
On January 18th, Julie Barlow was the guest speaker at the Editors’ Association of Canada’s Speaker’s Night. She shared her knowledge, experience and tricks. Information: …
The United States of Languages
On January 14th, The New York Times published a very interesting article by writer Michael Erard explaining why the assumption that the U.S.A. is mainly …
Argot: Criminal Jargon?
Excerpt taken from the book The Story of French ( Ch. 8 ) The roots of argot go back as far as those of standard French. …