Speak quebecois, an art! :)

Hello everybody! Tonight, I'm glad to share with you my thoughts about the conference we attended last week! Mr. Mario Belanger, the speaker, came in the class to present his piece of work about the french expressions that we use here in Quebec when we talk with each others. I will begin by resuming his presentation, and then I'll just let you know what I liked about it! 

Mr. Belanger introduced himself at the beginning, explaining his studies, his work in UQAR and his experience in this beautiful language used by the "Quebecois"! He began by explaining the reasons why he was doing this: his love for French, his love for teaching, and the fact that he could help foreigner students to understand us when we speak French... He prepared a PowerPoint document to show us a lot of verbs, adverbs or nouns that we use in different ways or manners than our cousins in France. I learned that there are a lot of similar words that have two totally different meanings from Europe to Quebec. He also integrated in his presentation the differences of pronunciation that can be eared between a French guy and a Quebecois, like the stress at the end of the words or the way to say them. Finally, he found useful to inform his audience about the slang and swearwords, and still how we use them here in Quebec compared to other French speakers. 

I am totally satisfied of what I just eared and saw in this presentation because Mr. Belanger knows exactly what he’s talking about. He’s clear and interesting, and he loves what he does. He presented us the book he wrote about this topic, its name being “Petit guide du parler québécois” (2004, 2011) which is a complete and detailed work I’d like to read this summer! Mr. Belanger actually sells those books for only $15, so don’t miss your chance and go get one!