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Post title Author Posting date Number of views Number of comments
10 interesting facts on translation and translators Marc-André Descôteaux 2017-09-25 20458 8
10 practical tips to enrich your French vocabulary Lorrayne Camper 2018-04-16 7272 8
2018: An important year for the Council of the Network of Official Languages Champions Debbie Beresford-Green and Stéphan Déry 2018-11-26 886 0
5 places to visit to practise your second language Lucie Séguin 2017-12-11 1745 0
5 reasons why reading aloud isn’t just for children Julia Sandford-Cooke 2018-03-26 5172 3
5 tips to improve your email writing skills Catherine Haggerty 2018-02-12 40498 23
5 tools to discover in the Language Portal Fatima Rizzo 2017-10-10 4203 4
7 careers for the literature major Fatima Rizzo 2018-04-23 1273 0
A conversation with Patrick Chan and Caroline Savoie, spokespersons for the 2019 Rendez-vous de la Francophonie Marc-André Descôteaux 2019-01-14 1158 1
A simple “Bonjour” can change everything Pascale Bourque 2018-01-22 2682 0
Award-winning titles for Asian Heritage Month Josephine Versace 2018-05-07 981 0
Be daring: Speak in your second language Caroline Bowden 2019-02-11 1118 2
Bilingual Service Centres: Serving Franco-Manitobans for 15 years Bilingual Service Centres of Manitoba team 2018-01-29 1088 0
Comparative revision: An essential step Marie-Christine Payette 2017-10-02 1990 0
Condo dreaming in Quebec Barbara McClintock 2019-04-15 191 0
Condo terminology for those who dream of buying a condo Barbara McClintock 2018-10-09 1197 0
Creating a bilingual lexicon: A collaborative approach Christiane Arsenault 2018-04-30 1324 0
Editing matters: Helping your text to shine Anne Louise Mahoney 2017-09-05 4646 3
Esperanto: A fair international language Nicolas Viau 2018-11-19 1580 1
Explore and Destination Clic: Two language immersion programs Mélanie Roy 2019-01-07 966 0
Five new words for tech buffs Marc-André Descôteaux 2019-02-28 3328 0
Food for thought: Exploring the origins of culinary terms Marc-André Descôteaux 2017-10-30 111963 27
Four tips for writing short, simple poetry Maria Magdeleina Lotfi 2018-08-06 1700 1
Francization in Laval: The state of the issue Samuel d’Haese 2018-08-20 1749 1
French in Canada: Some interesting facts you may not know Katharine Snider McNair 2018-02-19 9265 0
How my love of words shaped my life Ana Conan 2018-01-08 4043 3
How to deliver bad news Sheila Ethier 2018-04-09 3125 2
How to evaluate using the sandwich method Anvita Saxena 2018-06-26 5387 6
How to pronounce the French “u” and “r” sounds Emily Power 2018-10-29 1547 1
How word origins can help you keep “-onym” words straight Natalie Ballard 2017-09-18 1632 0
I speak, therefore I am Pascale Bourque 2018-05-14 2043 1
Indigenous language resources: My treasure chest Mélanie Guay 2018-10-22 1043 0
Jessica Coon: Linguistic superstar Julie Morin and Denise Ramsankar 2018-09-24 1325 2
jimchab and his passion for the Francophone culture Mélanie Guay and Julie Morin 2019-03-25 1191 0
Kicking the em dash habit Line Lalande 2018-05-28 5769 8
Laugh and learn with holiday songs Marise Guay 2018-12-10 971 0
Learning a language with joy, gratitude and persistence Min Ji Kim 2018-01-15 2322 1
Learning a second language: Being deaf won’t stop me Maryse Allain 2018-09-17 1173 0
Let’s celebrate our passion for languages this summer Nicolas Viau 2018-08-13 982 0
Linguistic duality according to Raymond Théberge, Commissioner of Official Languages Mélanie Guay and Julie Morin 2018-09-10 1265 0
Living and working in French in the National Capital Region Catherine Larose 2018-04-03 2119 1
Long live the passive voice Geoff McGuire 2019-04-08 392 1
Making letters and emails gender-inclusive Josephine Versace 2018-02-05 20684 1
Maritime-isms Natalie Ballard 2019-02-25 637 0
Meet the spokespersons for the 2018 Rendez-vous de la Francophonie Nicole Dugré 2018-02-26 1880 0
Misconceptions about multilingualism Raina Schnider 2018-08-27 1540 0
My 2 hats, and false ideas about linguistics Raina Schnider 2017-12-15 1959 1
My love for translation, interpretation … and Acadia Sandy Harquail 2019-01-28 941 2
Novice editors, reach up the value ladder Tom Vradenburg 2018-05-21 1292 0
Salutations and complimentary closes made simple Natalie Ballard 2018-03-05 25350 3
Second-language immersion: A year in Vancouver Mélanie Roy 2017-12-04 1928 0
Téléfun: Case study of an informal language partners program Mélanie Rivet 2018-03-12 1257 0
The benefits of being trilingual in Montreal Nadia Helal 2018-10-15 2303 2
The Canadian Francophonie: 21 years of celebration Philippe Daoust 2019-03-18 478 1
The language of tweets and hashtags: A bilingual mini-glossary of social media terms Chantal Potvin 2018-02-28 21153 5
The Our Languages blog turns 1 Karim Adam 2018-09-04 996 0
The round ball and its double identity Marise Guay 2018-07-09 1356 0
The singular “they” is gaining acceptance Gael Spivak 2017-10-23 54392 5
The top 5 free terminology research 2.0 tools Olivier Doré 2017-09-05 3450 1
To baby talk or not to baby talk Amy Warr 2019-03-11 979 4
Translation and technology: Where things stand Desmond Fisher 2017-11-06 2538 2
Two students, one cause Zachary Blanchard-Séguin 2017-10-16 1436 0
Views on bilingualism from 5 Canada 150 Ambassadors Marc-André Descôteaux 2017-11-27 3424 2
What bilingualism means to me Stéphan Déry 2017-09-05 8753 8
What Gallicisms are and why we use them Fatima Rizzo 2018-03-19 2978 0
What's up with "you" Sheila Ethier 2018-10-01 10591 5
Why Canada needs a language museum Katharine Snider McNair 2017-11-20 1943 0
Why Canadian spelling is different Sheila Ethier 2017-11-14 12152 9
Why I love learning French Jennifer S. 2018-06-11 2028 0
“Hot” summer quizzes Fanny Vittecoq 2018-07-23 1060 0
“That” is a tricky one Josephine Versace 2018-11-13 1057 0

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