Are you looking to learn or improve your French? The Département d’études françaises offers a variety of courses to help French-language learners build essential skills and a strong foundation. Learn ...

Having a little French in your colloquial conversational repertoire will open up the world to you on multiple levels. Being bilingual isn’t just good for your resumé, it can change your career. As a ...

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A woman holds the newly printed 2016 edition of the French "Petit Larousse" dictionary, on May 18, 2015 in Paris. (Photo by ERIC FEFERBERG / AFP) When learning French, classes and the individual ...

Quebecers are deeply attached to French, their sole official language. As an immigrant, speaking the local tongue has many benefits, including making life and integration much easier. Newcomers even ...

Inside a small school up on stilts, two girls sit at a table covered with flash cards. When asked, the second-graders introduce themselves in French. “Je m’appelle Juliet,” says the one with baby ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Terry Lamb taught foreign languages in Britain for several decades. He knows it’s not easy to get young people to ...