The Virtues of Bilingualism
There’s nothing like becoming bilingual when you’re young. All the better when you can be schooled in two languages. Julie Barlow and her daughters were …
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Anglophone and Francophone Working Together to Save French Immersion
The struggle to save Nesbitt Elementary School from closure began eight months ago and is still going strong. Yesterday, parents presented briefs to the English …
Becoming an Artist: A Montreal How-to
On December 9th, 2011, Julie Barlow will be one of the writers participating in the English-Language Arts Network’s panel discussion: «Becoming an Artist,» moderated by …
Top Book on Figuring out the French
Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong is one of the «Top 10 books on figuring out the French,» according to Expatica France, an online news …
The Big Names in French Grammar and Dictionary Business
Excerpt taken from the book The Story of French ( Ch. 8 ) Between 1800 and 1860 no fewer than a thousand French grammars were published. The …
The Limitations of Unilingualism
Canadian Prime-Minister Stephen Harper’s recent appointment of Michael Ferguson as Canada’s Auditor General stirred controversy in Canada. The reason? Ferguson doesn’t speak French, one of …
Until the 1960s the Canadian Government Did Not Defend the Rights of Francophones
Excerpt taken from the book The Story of French (Ch. 10) In Canada, the British North America Act of 1867 safeguarded the rights of French speakers …
French as the Common language
Excerpt taken from the book The Story of French (Ch. 6) Many plans were made during the revolutionary period to establish a system of free primary …
The So-called Belgian Accent
Excerpt taken from the book The Story of French (Ch. 7) “Vous êtes Belge?” (“You’re Belgian?”) is a question Jean-Benoît is often asked in France, though …
France is Occupying Wall Street too
Julie visited Occupy Wall Street when she was in New York last week. Anyone can walk in and tour the site. It was like an …