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Parlez-Vous Francais?

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We’re Canadian, and officially we live in a bilingual country. Unofficially, the place where I live is far to the west of any hubs of French, and there are limited numbers of French-speakers in our community. I’d love my daughter to learn, however, and my high school and early college courses will only take us so far. I’m working to brush up on my French so I can speak with her, and we’re going to go to French story time at the library. But I’m looking for other resources, ideally ones that I don’t need to drive to. This is … Continue reading →

Would Learning Another Language Help Your Business?

I do some work on an international level. When I decided to take on this challenge, I anticipated that there would be a bit of a learning curve and I would have to adjust to cultural differences, time zones and other details. I even rightfully imagined I would have to learn something about currency exchange rates (and I have)–but I didn’t really think on whether or not I would need anything other than my decent command of the English language in order to communicate with all the people I would need to communicate with. The truth is, I’ve found that … Continue reading →