France has raised French language proficiency requirements and introduced a mandatory civic exam for certain long-term ...

“French is just fine because it’s spoken on every continent, which is rare for a language,” says Christophe Benzitoun, a lecturer in linguistics at the University of Lorraine. “There are several ...

France will implement stricter integration requirements for non-European foreigners seeking long-term residence and French nationality starting January 1. The new rules introduce mandatory civic ...

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin says that a quarter of people with French residency cards speak the language 'extremely badly'. Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP France's new immigration law ...

French children generally spend years learning foreign languages in school, but the results are often dismal. So President Nicolas Sarkozy called Tuesday for an emergency plan to make schools produce ...

The French satirical newspaper Le Canard Enchaine - the ultimate challenge for language learners? Photo by CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT / AFP From the struggles of France's micro-entrepreneurs to the battle ...

LE PECQ, France -- The fight to make the French language kinder to women took steps forward, and back, last week. Warning that the well-being of France and its future are at stake, the government ...

The Basic French Language Program consists of first- and second-year French language instruction. The program consists of two, four-credit first-year courses (FREN 111 and FREN 112) and two ...

The French government has created new rules that mean language schools in France will be classified as a protected sector and will receive fiscal relief and furloughs. The move comes after French ...

There has long been an ambivalent relationship between France and the Holy Land, between French and the Jewish State. Killings in a kosher market in Paris only add to that ambivalence... Between those ...