When we learn a language, we often think of it as an academic subject. This brings to mind books, pens, computers, taking notes, doing exercises, memorizing vocabulary, and practicing speaking—along with all the typical assignments linked to language learning. However, language has a unique feature that sets it apart from…
Learners often fall into using anglicisms due to the similarities between English and French, whether these similarities are real or perceived. It’s an easy way to speak French and seems to work most of the time. It doesn’t appear to hinder communication much, especially since francophones themselves use anglicisms quite a lot. Watch a Quebecois movie or talk to a Montrealer, and you’ll encounter many words that are either borrowed from English or made to look like English but sound French.
One challenge of speaking a target language is being able to respond effectively to your conversation partner. Speaking might feel relatively easy as you draw upon your knowledge and pronunciation skills, but when your interlocutor replies, speaking quickly and perhaps more fluently than you, it becomes crucial to understand and…
Every one of these language learners will have their own reasons why they are interested in this or that language, but I would like to give you, what I hope to be, good reasons for you to consider learning a second language, that is if you’re still on the fence about it.
