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| Dixon Groupie Canada Joined 6057 days ago 54 posts - 74 votes  Speaks: English* | Message 1 of 5 15 June 2009 at 5:37pm | IP Logged | ||
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I've found information indicating that the government of Quebec will train non-Canadian citizens in French with full time language completely for free. Does anyone know of similar programs for people who are Canadian citizens?
One I've found is J'Explore, but it is only 4 weeks long and I think it is not as intensive. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| dmg Diglot Senior Member Canada dgryski.blogspot.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 7017 days ago 555 posts - 605 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Dutch, Esperanto | Message 2 of 5 15 June 2009 at 9:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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As a anglophone Canadian now living in Quebec, I don't think there's anything available. Which really sucks. However, the Quebec Government does subsidize the continuing education French courses at (for example) McGill. I'm doing one of the oral communication courses as part of the "French for Professional Communication" certificate.
The 9 week course is really good, but at the advanced level is _really_ focused on biz-speak, which personally makes it slightly less interesting for me. It's 3h/week of class time plus "virtual lessons" you do online -- the fall term is slightly longer at 13 weeks. The course was only ~$250, which is pretty damn cheap. The Canadian government has created French courses for the public servants (part of the Canadian School of Public Service). I believe that these course materials -- funded with tax dollars -- should be available for free to the public like the FSI courses are in the US. I've started writing letters to various government (provincial and federal) departments and ministers, and well as a number of non-profits who promote and defend the French language here in Quebec. However, I haven't received a single response. Edited by dmg on 15 June 2009 at 10:01pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Akipenda Lugha Diglot Groupie Canada Joined 5744 days ago 78 posts - 82 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Swahili, Sign Language, Spanish | Message 3 of 5 18 June 2009 at 1:23am | IP Logged | ||
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I've done an immersion through the j'explore program and I found it was very good. There
is about 2 dozen schools which offer programs which are eligible for the federal funding, and they are all listed at jexplore.ca. The school I went to is Trois Pistoles, and it lasted 5 weeks, as I believe they all do. Only catch is you need to be a student to qualify. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Paskwc Pentaglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5683 days ago 450 posts - 624 votes Speaks: Hindi, Urdu*, Arabic (Levantine), French, English Studies: Persian, Spanish | Message 4 of 5 18 June 2009 at 2:03am | IP Logged | ||
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Akipenda, did you opt to live in a residence or with a homestay family?
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| vikramkr Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6075 days ago 248 posts - 326 votes Speaks: English*, Portuguese | Message 5 of 5 14 August 2009 at 9:54pm | IP Logged | ||
I am an American who is interested in learning French. After looking at the link you provided, it seems that the free classes are only for immigrants to Quebec. Am I mistaken? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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