Resources for Anglophone Students Wanting to Learn French

Practice Opportunities

• AUS conversation circles (francophone commission)
• Lingo Buddies (McGill International Students’ Network): www.facebook.com/lingobuddies/
• McGill “French side” resources: http://vivreenfrancais.mcgill.ca/decouvrir-le-francais/ressources-linguistiques/
• Govcan guides/resources
  • https://www.canada.ca/fr/emploi-developpement-social/programmes/competences-essentielles/outils/conseils-comm-orale.html
  • https://www.canada.ca/fr/emploi-developpement-social/programmes/competences-essentielles/outils/vocab.html

Courses

• SSMU Mini-Courses (beginner/conversational; $70/term): ssmu.mcgill.ca/minicourses/
• Centre St. Louis (8 levels, 16-20h/week; ~$50/term): www.centre-st-louis.csdm.ca/english/
  • Note that you can also get referrals here from Emploi-Quebec for full-time studies if you are accessing employment/social assistance services
• Youth Employment Service – French for Job Seekers (twice/week for 4 weeks, $75): http://www.yesmontreal.ca/en/job_seekers/services/french-for-job-seekers
• Immigration Quebec (for international students, immigrants, permanent residents, refugees, temporary workers, and naturalized citizens)
  • Part-time: http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/french-language/learning-quebec/part-time/index.html (financial aid for childcare available)
  • Online (including specialized/technical courses): http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/french-language/learning-online/index.html
• YMCA language school (multiple levels & prices): http://www.ymcalanguages.com/en/Language-School/Adult-Courses/French
• McGill courses (multiple levels & praices; including program-specific options e.g. for Med students): http://vivreenfrancais.mcgill.ca/apprendre-le-francais/etudiants/
• Concordia courses (multiple levels & prices): http://www.concordia.ca/conted/programs-courses/language-institute.html
• More external courses: http://www.concordia.ca/artsci/francais/vie-etudiante/oui-can-help/external-resources.html

Immersion Opportunities (funded or remunerated)

• Explore (5 weeks in summer, for full-time students): http://www.myexplore.ca/en/
• Languages at Work (post-Explore work program): https://languagesatwork.ca/en/
  • There are also stage/placement courses at some schools (e.g. UQAC)
• Young Canada Works in French (in Canada or another country; student & recent graduate opportunities): http://canada.pch.gc.ca/eng/1459878161086
• Odyssey (teaching English in a francophone region): http://www.myodyssey.ca/
• French exchange/study abroad https://www.mcgill.ca/students/international/
• Work/volunteer abroad (e.g. au pair)