An Englishman in the Académie
Jonathan Tyrens (Editor of Francophonie) The Académie Française, protector of the French language since the 17th century, has elected the British poet Michael Edwards to the seat formerly occupied by Jean Dutourd. The Immortels of the Académie hold an influential...List of Reviews – Issue 47 of Francophonie, spring 2013
The following titles are reviewed in issue 47 of Francophonie, spring 2013. Bien-Dire, Magazine bimestrial avec CD audio. Reviewed by Dianne Place Stephen Glover and Nathalie Kaddouri, Alevelfrench.com. Reviewed by Dianne Place The rest of this post can only be...
Reviews – Issue 47 of Francophonie, spring 2013
Dianne Place, Reviews Editor Editor’s Note Both reviews below were contributed by Dianne herself. This issue of Francophonie will be the last in which the Reviews section is edited by Dianne. She has acted as Reviews Editor since 1999, one of the longest periods of...
Can a kitchen teach me French? Using digital technology to learn French language and cuisine
Anne Preston, Paul Seedhouse, Patrick Olivier, Daniel Jackson, Phil Heslop, Jürgen Wagner, Thomas Ploetz and Saandia Ali (University of Newcastle) This article reports on the French Digital Kitchen, a French language learning project developed by human-computer...