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| Darklight1216 Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5101 days ago 411 posts - 639 votes  Speaks: English*, French Studies: German | Message 25 of 49 02 May 2012 at 6:55am | IP Logged | ||||||||
We obviously don't have the same sources: "China has replaced Spain as the world's third most visited country, behind France and the United States, figures from the UN World Tourism Organisation showed Wednesday. France remained in top spot, with 78.95 million visitors, followed by the the United States with 60.88 million, up 2.8 percent and 10.9 percent respectively." http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hFli5xB9Y gVoSunOYYFREW6BozmQ?docId=CNG.f55f656a9f597ee071fe1ead97d63e 4a.3b1
That's all fine and well, but none of my friends or acquaintances have ever expressed interest in going there as far as I can remember. I had a co-worker who went to Ontario for her honey moon but that's about it.
I'm sure you've seen them all. ;) If that is true, that's good news for me. Edited by Darklight1216 on 02 May 2012 at 7:05am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5010 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 26 of 49 02 May 2012 at 1:56pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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A few years ago, a classmate chose Quebec for a year of studies abroad. He was excited
about it. It may not be the most popular destination by absolute numbers but it is surely one worth considering. Anyways, who wants to travel to the most popular destinations only? Going to other places can often be even more interesting and fun. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| microsnout TAC 2010 Winner Senior Member Canada microsnout.wordpress Joined 5472 days ago 277 posts - 553 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 27 of 49 02 May 2012 at 6:07pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Well there's one person ; ) Getting back on topic which is resources and whether they are non-existant, I tend to agree with Benny Lewis when he says your number one resource is people and they are plentiful and very helpful in Quebec. Edited by microsnout on 02 May 2012 at 6:35pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5010 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 28 of 49 02 May 2012 at 9:15pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Yes, one person. But it is still much more than noone :-) Why is it so important how many
people go there? There are so many wonderful but underestimated places in the world. A question. If I went to Quebec with good passive knowledge of Quebecois and good active knowledge of French French, would it suffice? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| microsnout TAC 2010 Winner Senior Member Canada microsnout.wordpress Joined 5472 days ago 277 posts - 553 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 29 of 49 02 May 2012 at 9:55pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Yes absolutely. They will know right away that you are not from there and not native francophone either and will thus speak pretty standard French to you - with a few subtle differences. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5382 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 30 of 49 02 May 2012 at 10:00pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I agree with Microsnout -- the average educated speaker has access to standard French and will try to use it with you. This may not be the case of less educated or older speakers though. In any case, they will understand you.
My goal when teaching QF is to allow students to understand natural, unaltered speech. I used to have students in Montréal who had been studying for years, yet claimed to still be unable to understand people on the bus. I would hope to help bridge that gap with my (potential) lessons. Edited by Arekkusu on 02 May 2012 at 10:03pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5010 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 31 of 49 03 May 2012 at 11:36am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Great news on one hand, I would be understood, but on the other I would be travelling
there to listen to Quebecois French, not the standard one. It seems to be difficult to please me :-D 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| translator2 Senior Member United States Joined 6920 days ago 848 posts - 1862 votes Speaks: English* | Message 32 of 49 04 May 2012 at 1:11am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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In the United States, we can get Canadian French radio stations on Sirius satellite radio. At first, it sounded really strange to me, but after listening for a while, it all started to make sense. Of course, I guess the French used on the radio contains fewer regionalisms that normal conversation.
There is also a good movie that dealt with the different varieties of French: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479647/ 1 person has voted this message useful |
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