The authors

Nancy Desjardins

Nancy Desjardins currently teaches French at the collegial level (CÉGEP). She has long years of solid experience teaching French as a second language for adults.

Rachel Sauvé

Rachel Sauvé is a long-time linguist and French teacher at the Ministry of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusion (MIDI). She also trains teachers in corrective phonetics and grammar reform.

Michel Usereau

Michel Usereau teaches French at the Ministry of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusion (MIDI). He helped draft the French Curriculum Guidelines for Adult Immigrants in Quebec (“Programme-cadre de français pour les personnes immigrantes adultes au Québec”). He also teaches at the University of Montreal.

Diane Proulx

Diane Proulx has been teaching French as a language of integration at the Ministry of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusion (MIDI) for over 25 years. She has, among other things, helped devise and produce educational material for oral communication courses.