Le drapeau franco-ontarien célèbre son 50e anniversaire en 2025! Emmanuelle Farmer rejoint Britta pour une discussion au sujet du drapeau et sa signification pour la communauté franco-ontarienne. Elles discutent :  

• De l’évolution de l’éducation en français en Ontario et de comment cette histoire est personnelle pour Emmanuelle 
• Du drapeau et de son importance pour les franco-ontarien·e·s 

Après les crédits, la discussion continue avec une mini-minisode! Emmanuelle et Britta jasent à propos des artistes, de la culture et de la langue franco-ontarienne.  

Les Bons Mots est produit par ACA-Prolang, le leader canadien pour la formation linguistique en entreprise. Contactez-nous à [email protected] pour découvrir comment nous pouvons aider votre équipe à se développer. 

The English description follows 

Si vous apprenez le français, les capsules audios d'aujourd'hui sont faites pour vous! Vous allez entendre différentes personnes parler de leurs semaines de travail. 

Kimberly Lamontagne et Alexe Brosseau ont créé et enregistré ces capsules audio pour les personnes qui apprennent le français et dans le soucis de contribuer à représenter le français laurentien dans les ressources de FLS. Les capsules audios sont enregistrées avec un débit de parole normal afin de vous exposer au type de français canadien que vous allez entendre dans la vraie vie.

Vous pouvez les écouter autant de fois que vous le voulez. N'hésitez pas d'aller dans les réglages du balado pour ralentir la vitesse à x0.75. ​

Les Bons Mots est produit par ACA-Prolang, le leader canadien pour la formation linguistique en entreprise. Contactez-nous à [email protected] pour découvrir comment nous pouvons aider votre équipe à développer ses compétences.  

If you are learning French, today's audio capsules are made for you! You are going to hear different people talking about their work weeks. 

Kimberly Lamontagne and Alexe Brosseau have created and recorded thes audio capsules for people who are learning French and to contribute to the representation of Laurentien French in resources for French as a second language. They have been recorded at a normal speaking speed in order to expose you to the type of Canadian Franch that you'll hear in real life. 

You can listen to the capsules as many times as you wish. Don't hesitate to change the podcast settings to slow the speed to x0.75. 

Les Bons Mots is produced by ACA-Prolang, Canada’s leading corporate language training company. Contact us at [email protected] to see how we can help your team grow! 

Voici une activité pour vérifier votre compréhension!  

Pour les descriptions plus simples : 

1. Liette mange au restaurant les mercredis midi. 
2. Anahée travaille dans une épicerie.  ​
3. Anahée ne travaille pas les dimanches. ​
4. Julianne commence le travail à 17 h. 

Pour les descriptions plus détaillées : 

1. Marise a un 5 à 7 avec ses collègues une semaine sur deux.  
2. Le gestionnaire d’Inès s’appelle Marc-Antoine. 
3. Yasmine est en train de mettre en place une campagne publicitaire pour son client. 
4. Alejandra parle français et portugais. 

Réponses: 

Pour les descriptions plus simples :

1. Faux. Elle mange au restaurant les vendredis. ​
2. Vrai.
3. Vrai. 
4. Faux. Elle commence le travail à 5 h 30 le matin. 

Pour les descriptions plus détaillées : 

1. Vrai. ​
2. Faux. Sa gestionnaire s'appelle Anne-Sophie.  ​
3. Vrai. ​
4. Faux. Elle parle français et espagnol. 

In celebration of Official Languages Day in Canada, let’s talk about using both official languages at work! Join Johnson and Britta to learn more about: 

• How companies and employees benefit from embracing bilingualism   
• How organizations can promote the use of both official languages in the workplace 
• What managers and employees can do to use English and French in their professional context  

Les Bons Mots is produced by ACA-Prolang, Canada’s leading corporate language training company. Contact us at [email protected] to see how we can help your team grow!  

Nous célébrons la Journée des langues officielles du Canada en parlant de l'utilisation du français et de l’anglais au travail. Rejoignez Johnson et Britta pour en savoir plus sur : 

•  les avantages du bilinguisme pour les entreprises et les employés   
•  la manière dont les organisations peuvent promouvoir l'utilisation des deux langues officielles au travail 
• ce que les gestionnaires et les employés peuvent faire pour utiliser l'anglais et le français dans leur contexte professionnel 

Les Bons Mots est produit par ACA-Prolang, le leader canadien pour la formation linguistique en entreprise. Contactez-nous à [email protected] pour découvrir comment nous pouvons aider votre équipe à se développer.  

Le balado Les bons mots est de retour! Cette saison, nous avons hâte de vous partager des épisodes et minisodes en français et en anglais! On offrira aussi des capsules audios pour les personnes qui apprennentle leader canadien pour la formation lingusique en enterprise le français et veulent se familiariser avec les particularités du francais laurentien / parlé au Canada! Johnson et Britta vous accueillent! Les Bons Mots est produit par ACA-Prolang, le leader canadien pour la formation linguistique en enterprise. Contactez-nous pour découvrir comment nous pouvons aider votre équipe à se développer. 

Les Bons Mots is back! This season, we’ll be bringing you episodes and minisodes in French and in English, as well as audio capsules for French learners who want to train their ear with the French spoken in Canada and Quebec. Johnson and Britta welcome you!  Les Bons Mots is produced by ACA-Prolang, Canada’s largest language training company. Contact us to see how we can help your team grow.  

Are you learning French in a Canadian context? Do you work with clients or colleagues in Quebec? In this episode, Roxane and Britta  talk about how the French language is used in Quebec, including topics like politeness and formality, what to expect at a 5 à 7, and some unique Quebec vocabulary. Join us, and practice your French listening skills, because this episode is in French!

This week, the guest host is Roxane St-Hilaire.  Roxane is pedagogical advisor at ACA, and she is also a French as a second language instructor. Roxane. She is finishing her masters degree in second language didactics and she’s interested in the use of technology in class, the development of intercultural competence and intergenerational relationships.

In this episode, Britta and Roxane discuss an expression in French, se faire passer un sapin. Do you know what it means and how to use it? Listen to find out! 

Visit us at lesbonsmots.ca to check out our blog and language learning videos, or reach out to us at ACA to discuss your language learning needs. 

Are you learning a language? It is a rewarding project, and one that takes time and effort. How do you stay motivated through the learning process? In this episode, our guest Corinna Mitchell-Beaudin shares her own language learning journey, and offers great advice about how to stay focused and motivated through all parts of the language learning process. 

Corinna Mitchell-Beaudin is an Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer at Farm Credit Canada. In this position, leads the team accountable for overseeing the management of enterprise, credit, market and operational risks at FCC. She has held a number of executive positions at FCC. Corinna has a bachelor of administration degree from the University of Regina, and she is a Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant and a CFA Charterholder.

Our expression this week is staying the course. Do you know what it means and how to use it? Listen to find out!

Visit us at lesbonsmots.ca to check out our blog and language learning videos, or reach out to us at ACA to discuss your language learning needs. 

Are you working on making your English pronunciation sound more natural? When you listen to people speaking English, does it seem like they are speaking too quickly? If you answered yes to either of these questions, this episode is for you. Learn about how words in spoken English are connected. In this episode, Britta and Clémence discuss how some sounds change, appear, or even disappear when people speak English. They also share practical tips on how to understand spoken English, and how to use connected speech to improve your English pronunciation. 

This episode’s guest host is Clémence Grison. Clémence is part of the teaching team at ACA, and has a bachelor’s degree in English literature along with a master's degree in English studies, and a master's degree in journalism. She’s taught ESL in France and Quebec, and has a deep understanding of the difficulties of mastering pronunciation in a second language.  

Our expression this week is to speak out of turn. Listen to find out what this expression means, and some of the situations where you can use it. 

Do you want to read more about connected speech? Here are a few articles for further information: 

• Connected Speech (teachingenglish.org) 
• 5 Features of Connected Speech (eslbase.com) 

Visit us at lesbonsmots.ca to check out our blog and language learning videos, or reach out to us at ACA to discuss your language learning needs. 

Why are you  learning another language? Is it for fun? For love? For professional reasons? There are a lot of reasons people choose to learn a language, and a lot of benefits to be gained from the experience. In this episode, our guest is Pierre-William Plante, a Solutions Specialist at Coveo. If you want practical advice about how to improve your language skills, and why it is worth the effort, this episode is for you! 

Pierre-William talks about his experience learning English, primarily as an adult, and some of the expected (and unexpected) benefits that come from working in your second language. He also shares practical advice for how to improve your second language in formal and informal ways, and even offers some tips about making small talk in English. 

Our expression this week is the icing on the cake. Do you know what it means and how to use it? Listen and find out, and hear what the equivalent expression is in French! 

Visit us at lesbonsmots.ca to check out our blog and language learning videos, or reach out to us at ACA to discuss your language learning needs. 

Are you looking for a new position? Are you going to be interviewed either fully or partially in English? This week Jenni and Britta talk about what kind of questions you can expect to hear in an English-language job interview, and how to answer them. They share advice about answering wildcard questions, which verb tenses to use, key vocabulary to highlight your skills, and how to prepare for success before the interview even starts. This episode is essential listening for job seekers! 

This week’s guest host is Jenni Campbell. Jenni has a Human Ecology degree from the University of Manitoba and a language certificate from the University of Laval. She has been with ACA for ten years, and has extensive experience doing curriculum development.  She also does hiring and recruiting for ACA here in Quebec and across Canada.

Our phrasal verb of the week is take on - do you know how to use this phrasal verb to talk about employment? Listen and find out! 

Visit us at lesbonsmots.ca to check out our blog and language learning videos, or reach out to us at ACA to discuss your language learning needs.