Tag: French language
In Paris, immersion with an association in a French course for migrants
Mastery of the French language is very often mentioned when it comes to immigration, with a bill which plans to toughen the criteria. The Republican integration contract already requires first-level…
Visible and invisible worlds, tales from the Amazon by Pierre-Olivier Bannwarth
“Stories, even tales, are made to weave a relationship with the environment around us. From the moment I know the story of the tree, the plant, the flower, the insect…
Wilfried N’Sondé tells Kimpa Vita, the destiny of a sacrificed woman
Kongo, 1685. The kingdom, under Portuguese occupation, is nothing but a land of desolation. A little girl with moon eyes is born in the waters of the Mpozo River. His…
“Tenderness”: portraits of today’s masculinity on stage
Five years later Disobey which featured female characters, inspired by meetings and testimonies of young women from immigrant backgrounds, Julie Bérès uses the same creative process to design the play…
Alima Hamel sings about exile – Alive(s)
“ I want to sing. Music keeps me alive. I sing Souad and Camélia. I sing Fériel. I sing Dhour. » (Rebroadcast from 02/20/2023) Médéa Mountains is the narration of…
Speaking sharp: what do you lose when you give up your accent?
“Parler Pointu” is an expression which designates the accent with which people who live above Valence, in Drôme, speak. It is also the name of the show by Benjamin Tholozan,…
In Paris, immersion with an association in a French course for migrants
Mastery of the French language is very often mentioned when it comes to immigration, with a bill which plans to toughen the criteria. The Republican integration contract already requires first-level…
Should we modernize the spelling of the French language?
At the start of the week, Emmanuel Macron inaugurated the Cité Internationale de la Langue Française in Villers-Cotterêts. “ A language that brings us together in our unity and diversity…
Wilfried N’SONDE, tells Kimpa Vita, the destiny of a sacrificed woman
Kongo, 1685. The kingdom, under Portuguese occupation, is nothing but a land of desolation. A little girl with moon eyes is born in the waters of the Mpozo River. Her…
No tongue-in-cheek! French in all its states and debates
Political language, new spellings, neologisms, generational or activist jargons, French seems increasingly difficult to master. In No tongue-in-cheek!Swiss linguists propose to dispel false truths and reinvent our relationship with a…