On Saturday, December 8, the Cultural Center of Lycée Français de New York invited our community, as well as educators and parents from across the city, for a daylong discussion on the future of reading, “La Lecture, Oui, but Why?“. The first panel included a lively discussion about inspiring children
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Chances are you never bothered to ask your math teacher where the words “sine” and “cosine” came from or why we use that ridiculous symbol for the square root of a number. You probably accepted these new notations – to be added to the already long list of arcane words
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Children’s literature might sound like child’s play in comparison to literature for adults, but it’s not! The genre comes with questions and relationships that are at least as complex as books for grown-ups—if not more. Children’s literature must work to set itself apart from general reading culture and maintain autonomy.
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People around the world will only be more connected as time goes by, and having a second, third, even fourth language will be in demand. Technology has revolutionized language learning, offering students far more opportunities to connect with others and make language learning relevant and fun. Dr. Sonia Rocca, Secondary
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According to the United States Census Bureau, only 20% of Americans are able speak a language other than English—far fewer than the 56% of EU citizens who report speaking more than one language at home. Considering these statistics, the Lycée Français considers itself quite lucky to boast our uniquely multilingual
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The Lycée Français de New York’s Cultural and Language Exchange program with High School of Fudan University in Shanghai has been up and running for six years now. We hope you’ll enjoy daily these letters from several of our eighth graders, and Mr. Quéru, who accompanied them on their 16-day
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This year, instead of having several “Languages days”, we decided to focus on one day only. To make the experience more meaningful for the students, with the help of the Cultural Center, we were able to invite artists so the students could participate in workshops depending on the language they
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Vannina lives and breathes multiculturalism. Her name reflects her origins: an Algerian grandfather (Kabyle), a Turkish great-grandmother and Corsican roots. Growing up in Corsica, where bilingualism is integrated into the local culture, Vannina was fascinated by foreign languages. She chose to pursue studies in English and Spanish at the University of Corsica, followed
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But doing so is not just an intellectual undertaking. At its best, acquiring a new language is a highly emotional experience, inasmuch as it answers a deep human desire to understand our fellow human beings better and of course provides us with the means by which we do accede to
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There’s a place in your brain where the letter R lives. Everyone’s R-spot is pretty much the same, but they all operate in more than one way. That makes sense, because R is more than one letter. The French prefer their R on the back of the tongue, for example.
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