Frustration and animosity… it’s exactly what this system has been breeding for over 30 years!

To answer your question… most of the time, native French speakers are already fluent in English when they are hired, therefore testing is only a formality. When bilingual personnel is truly needed, Francophones usually get the positions.

Yet… there are some Francophones who are not bilingual, they’re only functional when they start on the job… the huge difference is that they rarely go on training: since everything is done in English and most of their colleagues are Anglophones, they learn pretty fast!

And… from what I heard, testing in English is much more casual… go figure why!!!

BTW, I’ll post my Holidays Giveaway around 11:00 P.M. Sunday, November 30…

Can I ask a rather naive question . . . do civil servants who speak French as their native language have to go through a similar testing situation to assess their skills in English? Is it equally ridiculous . . . er, I mean rigorous?

Seems as though the entire system could breed frustration and animosity.

What a missed opportunity to develop a love and understanding of the French language & Quebecoise culture. Thank goodness there are trainers such as yourself who share a genuine passion for more than “teaching to the test.”

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. It’s always nice to see new “faces”!…

Good to know that I am not the only advocate of communication! And… I’ll take a “but” or a “because” at the beginning of a sentence any time over a “thus” or a “henceforth”!…

And in French, the use of hands is almost mandatory to better communicate ideas!

It reminds me of starting a sentence with “because” or “but”. Grammatically illegal as my school teachers hounded to me, but they help get ideas across.