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Post title Author Posting date Number of views Number of comments
2SLGBTQI+ allyship in language: Words matter Giancarlo Cerquozzi 2305 3
3 stylistic differences between English and French Ève Lyne Marchand 10458 2
4 simple tips for writing an effective speech Stanley Igboanugo 4150 3
5 festive songs and their origins Ève Lyne Marchand 2485 4
5 places to visit to practise your second language Lucie Séguin 5077 0
7 careers for the literature major Fatima Rizzo 8667 0
7 proverbs and expressions that Granny used to use Ana Conan 5250 0
A certain je ne sais quoi Annie-Josiane Sessou 1271 0
A historical overview of the “grammar-translation” method for teaching foreign languages Alejandro Hernández Jaramillo 26201 2
Add a little poetry to your life Nathalie Rondeau 767 0
Are you a multilingual speaker? Haiyi Yan 13467 4
Australian English in a nutshell Line Lalande 20115 6
Back to the pen: Writing letters by hand Lina Peralta 3945 5
Being able to speak 4 languages: It’s great … but not always Sabrina Désir 525 1
Canadian raising: A feature that differentiates Canadian and American English Rishi Gopinath 982 3
Christmas: More than a holiday! Sophia Désir 746 2
Chuchotements d’éveil: A writing workshop like no other Nathalie Rondeau 2860 0
Cométique: Beyond the cosmetics of a street Josée Marie-Lise Robillard 890 0
Doubling down on the letter “w” Amanda Kenney 2094 7
English’s lexical siblings Ashley Barnes 1012 2
French in Canada: Some interesting facts you may not know Katharine Snider McNair 36222 10
Geographical names and the mysteries they hold: The case of the Lairet River Steeves Gourgues 3282 1
How birdsong changed my life Ted Cheskey 220 3
How to deliver bad news Sheila Ethier 10456 10
I dance with words Annie-Josiane Sessou 2000 2
I speak, therefore I am Pascale Bourque 8053 1
Latin: The not-so-dead language you use every day Mary van Amelsvoort 14389 6
Let’s take a butcher’s at cockney rhyming slang Line Lalande 20349 2
Maritime-isms Natalie Ballard 14634 4
Misconceptions about multilingualism Raina Schnider 7132 1
My 2 hats, and false ideas about linguistics Raina Schnider 5469 2
Playing with the letter “c” Claudia Rathjen 372 3
Reflections on flavours and words Annie-Josiane Sessou 776 0
Scots: Language or dialect? Ashley Barnes 803 0
Serving up environmental studies (or history, or visual arts, or just about anything) with a side of language skills Lynne Bowker 2812 0
Speech therapists, a.k.a. “word doctors” Sonia Routhier 2321 1
Strengthening intergenerational ties through reading and writing Marise Guay 109 0
The advantages and disadvantages of a global language Alexandre Chemla 213978 9
The advantages of artificial intelligence in the literary arts Bytchello Prévil 681 6
The benefits of being trilingual in Montreal Nadia Helal 13795 3
The Canadian Francophonie: 21 years of celebration Philippe Daoust 5536 4
The CEGEP English Exit Exam: Know what to expect and how to succeed Nadia Helal 20268 7
The cot-caught distinction in Canadian and American English Rishi Gopinath 1078 1
The evolution of gender in the English language Sophie Martin 9314 4
The French invasion of English André Racicot 4149 1
The French legend of King Arthur Steffan Landry 5466 2
The gift of language Shelina Adatia 10113 2
The good writer: Three tips to transform your writing style from good to great Charmaine Emanuel Ralph 3971 0
The importance of writing Clarisse Bondoma 1936 0
The language (and art) of stand-up comedy Nadia Helal 5705 2
The language of music Pascale Bourque 5509 2
The writing residency: An extraordinary experience Nathalie Rondeau 762 0
To baby talk or not to baby talk Amy Warr 8126 4
Using unbiased language: It’s not a slippery slope Gael Spivak 242 0
Using verbs with flair! Lina Scarpellini 1962 4
What Gallicisms are and why we use them Fatima Rizzo 16398 4
What language do you dream in? Lina Peralta 6790 1
What’s the easiest language to sing in? Ève Lyne Marchand 2762 4
Why Canada needs a language museum Katharine Snider McNair 5437 0
Words that seem interchangeable … but aren’t Elva Keip 497 0
Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet? To cliché, or not to cliché: that is the question Desmond Fisher 4566 2
Writing in fragments: The art of language in flashes Nathalie Rondeau 155 0
Writing: Smothering the creative flame Hélène Massé 1842 2