This week, two takes on language teaching in France.
First, a couple of Paris high schools have started teaching Antillean creole, a language in the French overseas departments of Guadeloupe and Martinique.
Those two islands were in the news earlier this year after a series of strikes and protests. Then, part two of my conversation with American [...]
I’m doing a new monthly news round-up, which everyone who subscribes to the World in Words feed will receive. So I corralled The Big Show’s Carol Hills into a studio to talk about five language-related stories from May 2009. Carol, by the way, maintains a page on The World’s website that presents a weekly survey [...]
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When Laurel Zuckerman tried to become an English teacher in France, she assumed that being a native English speaker would be an advantage. The book she wrote about her experience caused a sensation in France. Also, the linguistic underpinnings of Sri Lanka’s just-concluded civil war. Plus, a Sinhala word that [...]
For all the Americans who love to hate France, there are also plenty who simply adore all things French. One of them, GI Alan Cope, loved France and the French language so much that he stayed in France after end of World War Two. He lived there for the rest of his life. Anne Ishii [...]
So the podcast I do is one year old, at least I think it is. As far as I can recall, I haven’t missed a week, and I’ve arrived today at number 53. The World in Words wouldn’t have made it this without your downloads, your iTunes reviews and your suggestions. So thank you thank [...]
