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 ...

Why a changing French language is nothing to be afraid of With more than 320 million speakers globally, French is the world's fifth most-spoken language. But traditionalists complain that spelling ...

Every awards season brings national submission debates, but this year, France’s decision for its official entry in the ...

The French government has created rules that mean language schools will be classified as a protected sector and will receive fiscal relief and furloughs.

Google is using Gemini AI to increase the power of Google Translate. Now, Translate allows users to practice new languages by ...

Speaking to AFP, France’s oldest news agency, the cultural ministry noted that the video game industry is filled with terms that essentially threaten the integrity of the French language, by ...

France has banned the use of gender-neutral language in schools, citing "harm" to the learning of the French language. In a decree sent to schools across France, the country's education ministry ...

Spanish has become the most popular foreign language for GCSE students after overtaking French for the first time. The ...

The Parti Quebecois is leading the polls for next month's provincial election in Canada. If they win a majority, they intend to tighten Quebec's already established language laws. NPR's Arun Rath ...

The U Board of Regents voted Thursday, Aug. 21, to terminate the French and Interpreting and Translation Bachelor of Arts programs.