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...
John C. McIntyre (Glasgow) INTRODUCTION Though the trawl below takes a lot of preparation (around 40 hours per month of reading and editing), there are bonuses. From day to day and week to week a developing major issue allows constant reinforcement of the core...
Mandy Wight, Reviews Editor Our reviews section for this issue provides an eclectic mixture of publications of interest to teachers of German. Only Sicher, aimed at teaching students at CEFR B1+ level, can be described as a course book: its up-to-date topics,...
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...
Mike Zollo (Totnes) ¡BIENVENIDOS AL NOTICIARIO! For this edition of Noticiario I had been amassing potential material for many months, having had little response in the past to my appeals for contributions from readers. As my father (also a teacher) used to say, ‘If...
