Speaking the language is one thing, but it takes months to get to grips with the etiquette and culture when moving abroad, Rachel Hosie has found.

Let’s Speak French is an informal group of people who meet at 6 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month to converse in the French language and have fun. Organizer Jim Paquette said everyone is ...

A couple from the French-speaking part of Belgium wanted to become naturalized French citizens but found themselves with the most French of problems – a bureaucratic struggle to prove they speak their ...

Can we live in Quebec without speaking French? In this Canadian province, where French has nevertheless been the only official language since 1974, the language issue remains omnipresent in the Quebec ...

Inside a small school down the bayou, southwest of New Orleans, two second-graders sit at a table covered with flash cards. Juliet and Lana attend École Pointe-au-Chien, a new public French immersion ...

As Kigali hosted the Francophonie Summit, Rwanda placed its youth and women at the heart of the global Francophonie movement. With discussions focused on employment, education, and cultural exchange, ...

Standup comedian Jacques Silvère Bah, known as Le Magnific, played with French and African words and accents at a humor festival in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, in February. Arlette Bashizi for The New York ...