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Les Faux-amis… souvent des imbroglios!

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: October 6, 2009

So far, this week has been quiet… I mean… no bad news and no panic!… Yet I do know it will not last very long… Denise went for her oral interaction test yesterday morning and she wrote that it went well… Now, I am waiting for both Melody and Denise’s results… I doubt I will [...]

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Some Quality Control would not Hurt!…

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: July 29, 2009

Finally Maggie in NYC got her results in both reading comprehension and written expression… It was about time! She waited more than one month… actually she got the results of her oral interaction test long before and this exam was the very last she took… I guess the results had been in for quite a [...]

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A Language Barrier or… Cultural Differences?

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: June 28, 2009

Last night, I went to the movies with Alicia… the two of us are avid fans of  made in Québec films and we wanted to see «J’ai tué ma mère»… a movie that was nominated for five categories at the Cannes Film Festival 2009. It actually received the Art Cinema Award, the Regards Jeunes Prize and [...]

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