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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 10

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada, France

Les relations entre la France et le Québec sont très complexes et parfois tumultueuses. Tant et si bien que les politiciens font preuve de grande prudence dans la plupart de leur propos surtout en ce qui concerne la souveraineté. La politique de "non ingérence, non interférence" qui fût adoptée pendant une trentaine d'années fût abandonnée par Sarkozy mais reprise par François Hollande.

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Grand Lille TV - Des animaux pour égayer le quotidien des enfants handicapés

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Meet Françoise, a social worker specializing in animal mediation. She visits children with developmental disabilities and introduces them to her four-legged friends. Health management students Noémie ...

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TV Tours - Défendre les fromages au lait cru

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The French love their cheese, and as this video demonstrates, their appreciation begins at a young age. In the Touraine region, a group of students taste an incredible variety of raw milk cheeses from...

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Joanna - Son quartier

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Joanna is proud to show us her neighborhood. Follow her around her new apartment, her favorite bar, the pretty little garden where children love to play, and learn some useful everyday vocabulary.

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Caroline - et L'Express

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Caroline is an international business student with an interest in journalism. In this video, she talks to us about one of her school projects, which involved writing a supplement for the French magazi...

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TV8 Mont Blanc - Vide-greniers à Scionzier

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A group of high school friends from the Haute-Savoie town of Scionzier are trying to stop the destruction of a small farm building they discovered and restored. One of their efforts is the organizatio...

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Joanna - Son appartement

Difficulty: Newbie

France

Joanna shows us her tiny but surprisingly compact apartment. Her kitchen fits in a cupboard, and she has to climb a ladder to her cozy bedroom.

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada, France

In part 8 of Le Québec parle aux Français, Olivier discusses the cost of maintaining a high standard of living. Is France living beyond its means? Heavy taxation and full employment would go some way toward balancing the national budget and covering the cost of welfare programs.

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Caption 18 [fr]: Et... sûrement il y aura pas faillite, euh... de la France,
Caption 18 [en]: And... there will certainly not be bankruptcy, uh... of France,

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 7

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada, France

In part seven of this series on Quebec, Olivier focuses on something that is dear to the hearts of many Québécois: the majestic Saint Lawrence River. He also explores their relationship with money and the way they conduct business. Olivier asks whether it's easier to do business in Quebec or in France. Quebec, it seems, offers more opportunities for companies, with fewer regulations and restrictions, while France remains a very productive country despite the thirty-five-hour workweek.

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Caption 20 [fr]: c'est quand même quelque chose qui diffère, euh... pas mal de la France là-bas.
Caption 20 [en]: is something that actually differs, uh... quite a lot from France over there.

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 5

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada, France

French Canada is a cultural mosaic that is still exploring its identity. Some French Canadians feel more American than French, while others feel more of an allegiance to their French roots. Somehow, a Quebecois nation is emerging out of all this, but not without some growing pains.

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Caption 67 [fr]: et à... à la... à... à leur faire... à leur transmettre les valeurs républicaines de la France.
Caption 67 [en]: and to... to the... to... to make them... to transmit France's republican values to them.

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 4

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada, France

One might think that the push to remove anglicisms from the French language would be stronger in France, but the larger movement to "purify" French is actually happening in Quebec. Many Québécois worry that the French language is endangered in Canada, and the Quebec government has taken measures to preserve it by inventing new words instead of borrowing from English. That's why an email is still un email in France, but un courriel in Quebec.

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Caption 4 [fr]: Si nous on a besoin de la France, et dans nos veines coule du sang français...
Caption 4 [en]: If we need France, and in our veins French blood flows...

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Interviews à Central Park - Discussion politique

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We’re back in Central Park! This time, French teens Barbara and Lorraine discuss politics, including the recent controversial Contrat Première Embauche and President Nicolas Sarkozy. (Love him or leave him? The girls don’t quite agree…)

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Caption 27 [fr]: ou dans les... les... toutes les villes de la France.
Caption 27 [en]: or in the... the... all the cities in France.

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 3

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada

The situation of the French language in Quebec is controversial and complex. Montreal was an English-speaking city until 1920, and it wasn't until the passage of Law 101 in 1977 that French became the official language of Quebec. According to some of the interviewees in this video, Québécois French is in a precarious position once again, with municipal signage and corporate names in Montreal reverting to English, as well as shopkeepers who refuse to speak French.

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Caption 54 [fr]: Nous, on a besoin de la France, c'est évident.
Caption 54 [en]: We need France, that's obvious.

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 6

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada, France

In part 6 of Le Québec parle aux Français, the interviewees compare and contrast the immigrant situation in France and Quebec. France, being a smaller country, creates additional pressure for immigrants, while in Quebec, immigrants do rather well. Later, Olivier treats us to a little song he wrote himself.

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Caption 13 [fr]: Ici c'est essentiellement un... un... un problème de police; en France c'est un problème d'état.
Caption 13 [en]: Here it's essentially a... a... a problem for the police; in France it's a national problem.

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada

In the second episode of Le Québec parle aux Français, we learn more about the complex relationship between the French and the Quebecois throughout history. We also learn about the evolution of the French language in Quebec—according to a former Prime Minister of Quebec, the province even "spoke French before France"!

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Caption 34 [fr]: En France, on parle de Montréal comme une ville qui... qui est vraiment à voir.
Caption 34 [en]: In France, we talk about Montreal as a city that... that is really a place to see.

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