How realistic is Quebec's new French language requirement for university students?
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- Опубліковано 17 гру 2023
- The Quebec government says it wants 80 per cent of non-Quebec university students to learn French. But how feasible is that? #french #language #quebec #university
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In order to immerse yourself in the French language in Montreal, you'd have to find some people who speak French.
I learned German and wrote my thesis in German (300 pages) in 5 years. Level 5 is like European B1: you can talk while making 5 mistakes per sentence... Nobody outside North America would think this is a lot to ask.
While a B1 level is not super high, it does take some real effort. A person could probably achieve a B1 in 3-4 months full time. But that's full time, if you are student or immigrant it's doubtful you can study 40 hours a week.
Tuition is still cheaper in Quebec than anywhere else in NA... Students will still come, some won't, but it's their loss really. Learning a second or third language is a great asset to have and it opens you up for lots of experiences !
I have a level 5 oral proficiency in french, but I only speak english.
I'm not an english native speaker, got the joke thou... however it is funnier to read the comments of the ones that didn't catch it
🤔Wait… what? You do speak French, you're just not fluent in it, but could hold a simple conversation. What are you talking about?
Didn't get the joke. Best guess it's an oral s3ks joke or some g4y joke.
I did a study abroad in Madrid and took a 5 weeks intensive Spanish class and went from 0 to beginner very quick and from living there for a year got to intermediate. This should be easy.
Of course sunflowers find a way to say it's too hard to do.
I like how they protect their language. They took it seriously, unlike other people
Big deal. As an engineering student I had to take either German or Japanese classes in university.
But you know the routine... everything to make the slightest effort.
Learning french isn't the most difficult thing in the world. What's really hard is understanding the québécois accent...
Your attitude is the problem.
Yeah...nobody is going to Quebec for university now.
Yeah... we didn't think you'd be going soon anyway. Particularly if you can't even pass basic french courses.
@@JoeBine77let’s wait for the long term impacts. It’s definitely a revenue stream for universities to recruit foreign students. Plenty of Americans come up here for university too.
@@jenkins5265 And plenty of Americans will do the best they can to try to speak French... we can't say the same thing for all Canadians.
There are 400 millions of francophones arround the world. Don't worry for the quebec universities.
Whats the point to comme to Quebec if you dont want to learn a little bit of french?
For English speakers French is the 3rd easiest language to learn. I thought university students were smart.
it still takes a lot of time. Even the easiest language will take 500 hours to get to a B1-B2 level.
Quebec is creating their own doom
Frog isn't that hard, just learn the Frog.
This is the very start of B1 level. This is very doable.
Your expert like Quebec is delusional
This insecure tantrum coming from the Québécois leadership is only making it less appealing for me to learn French.
It's the least they can do. More than 80% of people speak French... they cannot always live as a foreigner.
Not exactly, 65% of Canadians speak English as their primary language. Where did you get 80% of Canadians speak French?
@@DonaldMains I think he means in Quebec.
@@Qrayon i was talking about Montreal. I'm tired of the over-represented English-speaking minority in Montreal. Being billingual does not equal being an English speaker.
@@DonaldMains Everyone is welcome here no matter what language you speak, but if you plan to settle down i advise you to learn French because Montreal is predominantly French-speaking.
What about Downtown, Westmount, Hampstead, Cote des Neiges, Dorval , Baie D'Urfie, etc.? Are they French speaking? Why do you pick arbitrary boundaries to make your point. Exclude Canada, include Quebec and then exclude all the places I mentioned. Isn't the right to use a language an inherent right in all democratic countries. @@JoeBine77
LONG LIVE FREE QUÉBEC