Etiket: Francization
New words, francization, usage… How dictionaries sort through their new editions
Every year, dictionaries present their new version with their share of new words. A choice that falls to the linguists and scientific advisors of the different editions. Published on 04/29/2024…
Quebec injects more money into francization in its 2024 budget
More and more immigrants want to learn French. Quebec is therefore adding funds to respond to this “notable increase in customers,” indicated Finance Minister Eric Girard in the budget speech.…
Francization, an imaginary remedy to reverse the decline of French
He appeared in the public debate in 2011, co-authoring a shocking work. The miscreant used convincing figures to puncture a dogma. The book was titled The imaginary cure (Boreal). The…
Quebec will make “adjustments” to reduce francization delays
François Legault’s government will soon make “adjustments” to reduce processing times at Francisation Québec, barely seven months after the launch of the organization. Victim of its “success” according to the…
Francization: hundreds of companies are dragging their feet
Hundreds of businesses are not meeting their obligation to register with the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF). • Read also: Battery sector: the National Assembly of Quebec adopts…
Foreign students and from other provinces | Rising bill, francization efforts required
(Quebec) The Legault government confirms an increase in tuition fees for students from other Canadian provinces and makes part of the funding for McGill and Concordia universities conditional on the…
Francization at the factory for temporary foreign workers
Like every other working day, Marcelle Abdelmessih spends her early afternoon teaching French to Luis Majoral, Gustavo Pérez and Oscar Moreno. In front of large glass windows overlooking a country…
The school network believes it has “lost the battle for francization”
In operation as of Thursday, Francisation Québec, the single point of service entirely managed by the Ministry of Immigration, is far from unanimous, learned The duty. Concerned, actors in the…
Quebec launches a one-stop shop bringing together all francization services
After 15 years of implementation attempts, Quebec will finally have a one-stop shop for all francization services. Launched this Thursday 1er June, Francisation Québec will allow immigrants, non-francophone citizens and…
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | Passive bilingualism and the other side of francization
Do you know passive bilingualism? We are now interested in this silent phenomenon which concerns first or second generation immigrants who have integrated French so well that they have gradually…
Francization at school, it works
They didn’t speak a word of French when they started school last fall. Nine months later, hundreds of young people aged 12 to 19, from all over the world, are…
Finishing your francization does not guarantee access to higher education
Immigrants who have completed all their francization courses do not enroll in CEGEP or university, in particular because they do not feel that their level of French is good enough,…
Federal Plan on Official Languages | Part of the 138 million already planned for francization
(Ottawa) The action plan on official languages already provides money for learning French as a second language, included in the additional $138 million allocated to the Anglophone community in Quebec.…
Federal plan on official languages: Roberge asks that the money for English-speaking communities be used for francization
The Minister of the French Language, Jean-François Roberge, will ask that the $137.5 million provided for by the federal plan on official languages for English-speaking communities be used for francization.…
Needs for francization in health and education highlighted by unions
Unions representing employees in health and education are calling for the implementation of a national francization program for these workers, judging that French should be more present in these networks.…
Francization | The one-stop shop will be ready in June, assures the Ministry
“More doubt than confidence” on the ground Posted at 5:00 a.m. This time it’s the right one, promises the Ministry of Immigration, Francisation and Integration (MIFI). Announced many times, never…
Conversing with Michel Tremblay | Francization through theater
The Théâtre du Nouveau Monde (TNM) unveiled a short film on Wednesday that documents its project for the francization of newcomers, carried out with the Center CARI Saint-Laurent and the…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] Undermining the francization at work initiative
The Minister of Immigration, Francisation and Integration, Jean Boulet, had to intervene so that the workers of the clothing manufacturer Peerless regain their francization course in the workplace, the abolition…
Quebec 2022 Elections | The Conservative Party intends to broaden support for the francization of immigrants
The Conservative Party of Quebec proposes to broaden support for francization to all family members of newcomers and to adjust French training more closely to the workplace where these newcomers…
Quebec will finally keep the Peerless Clothing francization program
After cutting funding for a corporate francization program, Quebec is doing an about-face: employees of the Montreal manufacturer Peerless will be able to continue to receive French lessons in their…