Successful Bilingual school in Montreal, Nesbit Elementary, featured in an article written by Martin Patriquin for Maclean’s Magazine. “The closing of an English school is …
In kiosks now: September issue of L’actualité where the bilingual elementary school Nesbitt is the frame for the article written by Lise-Marie Gervais. From the …
What do you admire about French as a language? Julie: After writing The Story of French, what I admire most about French is the resilience …
Is French really on the decline? Many believe so. To explain this demise, they point to the fact that French is “controlled” by an academy. …
Tell us about The Story of French… Julie: We got the idea for The Story of French at the same time we got the idea …
By Jean-Benoît Nadeau This whole DSK debacle shed light on a particularly disturbing aspect of Western culture: widespread and uninhibited francophobia. The English language press …
Jean-Benoit recently attended a conference of the association, Francophonie des Amériques where he heard University of Laval professor Michelle Daveluy speak about her adventures aboard …
By Julie Barlow Who would have believed a single sheet of yellow paper could throw life into such havoc? On March 21st, my daughters brought …
Where does the word maringouin (a type of mosquito) originate from? [quiz option=”A. South America” correct=”yes”]Correct! The word maringouin (a type of mosquito), which French …
What was the first French dictionary to be published entirely in French?