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2011… And… The Wind kind of Shifted in Ottawa!…

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: March 24, 2011

Four months went by and I did not write one single post on my blog!… I would have loved to… yet I was way too busy and I did not want to write about just anything for the only sake of writing something. Last year, especially starting around June, it seemed that no one could [...]

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No words can accurately describe such a stupid process!

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: August 21, 2010

Okay… I will try my best to soften my language here, though I am tempted to be blunt. Am I angry? Indeed… I am!… For the mere reason that I do care about my trainees’ fate. Unfortunately I cannot say the same for the majority of language trainers/coaches out there! Hey! more often their students fail [...]

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La prononciation des mots en français… parfois un dilemme!

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: May 18, 2010

Once again I have been neglecting my blog… It is not always easy to juggle with my schedule and, when I have some free time, I usually have to take care of my household. There was a slow down in the PSC SLE testing though… it is always like this when the financial year ends: [...]

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