La langue française évolue au fil des années pour s’adapter aux enjeux de demain. L’ idée du langage inclusif est de rendre la langue plus égalitaire. Mais tout le monde n’est pas d’accord. Alors, découvrons pourquoi avec Emilie, notre collègue qui explique ce phénomène, son impact et la controverse qu'il a suscitée.

Ciao e benvenuti alla primissima puntata della nuova stagione del podcast ECSPLICITE, in cui discutiamo di un argomento comune a tutte le lingue e culture. Le nostre colleghe Giulia e Alessia approfondiscono il tema dell'uso del linguaggio neutro dal punto di vista del genere in italiano, la sua importanza, le difficoltà pratiche che incontra e i modi per evitare il linguaggio di genere.

In den letzten Jahren in Deutschland gab es viele kreative Ideen, wie man geschlechtsgerechter und weniger diskriminierend sprechen kann – vor allem wenn man über Gruppen spricht, die gemischt oder nicht genau definiert sind oder wenn man über Minderheiten jeglicher Art redet.

Heute, zum Start der neuen Saison, befasst sich unsere Kollegin Bianca mit dem Thema „inklusive Sprache”, seiner Bedeutung und natürlich auch den damit verbundenen Problemen.

Lo normal sería pensar que las nuevas generaciones utilicen más el lenguaje Inclusivo y que las personas mayores no, pero la realidad es muy diferente. Su uso no se divide por generaciones, sino por ideologías.

Nuestro colega Guillermo profundiza en el tema y comparte sus opiniones sobre lo que significa utilizar un lenguaje inclusivo, por qué es importante y, inevitablemente, los problemas que plantea.  

To celebrate the 4th season of ECSPLICITE podcasting we have chosen a topic about language, culture and society that is relevant to all the languages we train : Inclusive language.  

Our world is changing and the language we use along with it.  We asked our South African colleague Deonne, currently living and working in Korea, to share her ideas about what it means to use inclusive language in South Africa, why it is important and inevitably the problems it raises.

To celebrate this final episode in this season and to anticipate the summer, we have added a companion piece to our last episode about the association Les Minots de l'Hosto at the Children's Hospital in La Timone in Marseille, as we talk to the school's director Benjamin, who's going to tell us all about the school and its collaboration with the association we support.

Here's the link again for anyone wishing to donate to this worthy cause. 

https://www.lesminotsdelhosto.org/nous-soutenir

In today's episode we come to the children's hospital in Marseille, La Timone, to support the Association Les Minots de l'Hosto and the amazing work they do organising after-school care & extra-curricular activities for the child patients.

We talk to children and teachers who inspired us with their upbeat, bright and cheerful attitude to their environment and treatment.  

This episode is dedicated to the mums and dads we met and their daily fortitude in adversity.

To support the charity: https://www.lesminotsdelhosto.org/nous-soutenir

As Republicans and Trump supporters in particular celebrate the first 100 days of the the new Trump administration, we travel to Texas to talk to our colleague Evelyne, French born naturalised American, who's been living in Houston for many years, as she shares her thoughts and feelings about the present as well as her hopes and fears for the future in the new reality that is Trump's version of America First.

Today we're talking about the thought-provoking Netflix series Adolescence, which in only four short weeks since its release has been viewed in millions of homes in 70 different countries, and sparked serious public debate as well as political reactions, with the UK Prime Minister himself talking about it in the media. So what is all the fuss about. We asked our colleague Sophie, who was recently recommended the series by a close friend, to give us her take on this mini-series sensation.

Today our podcast is about social media and its effect on our children, toddlers, teenagers or young adults. Colleagues Sue and Mireille share experiences about dealing with the impact of social media on the family and family life and how to handle things when influencers affect habits and behaviour in their children.