External resources
Oui Can Help! has gathered these resources to help you in every aspect of acquiring French-language skills. Below is a list of organizations and resources outside of Concordia that can help you find your French!
Government Agencies and Departments
- CMEC – Council of Ministers, Education Canada
- Language Learning and Exchange Programs: To promote the study of Canada’s official languages, CMEC, in cooperation with the provinces and territories, administers programs that provide language assistants to work with second language learners and teachers and to support students to study English or French in a region of Canada outside their home.
- Immigration and French-language
- Immigration, Diversité et Inclusion – French only
- Ministère de l’Immigration, Diversité et Inclusion (MIDI)
- French-as-a-second-language distance learning websites
This section is for immigrants who have no command of French. These include:
- Immigration candidates seeking information on opportunities to learn French
- Immigrants who received their confirmation letter from Quebec and whose files are pending before arriving in Quebec
- Immigrants who have arrived in Quebec and need to receive training promptly
- Immigrants who have lived in Quebec for some time and want to improve their French.
Online French Courses/Exercises
- Cours de français en ligne du MIDI
- Centre collégial de développement de matériel didactique
- Immigration, Diversité et Inclusion - French exercises database
French Courses
Académie Linguistique Internationale
Berlitz
Centre communautaire de Loisir de la Côte-des-Neiges
Centre de ressources éducatives et communautaires pour adultes (CRÉCA) – French only
Centre Lartigue
Collège Platon
Converlang
CSDM Commission Scolaire de Montréal – French only
Dawson College - English only
EDUCATEL – French only
English Montreal School Board
French Lessons Canada – English only
GEOS Language Academy
International Language Schools of Canada – English only
La Maisonnée (Service d'Aide et de liaison pour Immigrants) – French only
La Porte Ouverte (Centre d'alphabétisation et de francisation du Haut-Richelieu)– French only
L'Entraide Pont-Viau Inc. – French only
McGill University
Montreal International Language Centre
Université de Montréal
UQAM
Information for Immigrants/International Students
Accueil aux Immigrants de l'Est de Montreal
Accueil liaison pour arrivants (ALPA)
Carrefour d'aide aux nouveaux arrivants – French only
Carrefour de Liaison et d'Aide Multi-ethnique (CLAM) – French only
Carrefour Le Moutier – French only
Centre d'Accueil et de Référence pour Immigrants de St-Laurent (CARI St-Laurent) – French only
Centre d'Appui aux Communautés Immigrantes de Bordeaux-Cartierville (CACI) – French only
Centre Social d'Aide aux Immigrants (CSAI) – French only
Comité d'Éducation aux Adultes de la Petite-Bourgogne et de St-Henri (CEDA)
La Maisonnée (Service d'Aide et de liaison pour Immigrants – French only
L'Entraide Pont-Viau Inc. – French only
Petites Mains
Votre place au Quebec
Cultural Associations (Learning French)
Afrique au feminin
Association latino-américaine et multiethnique de Côte-des-Neiges (ALAC)
Centre d'Éducation et de développement interculturel (CEDI)
Centre Sino-Québec de la Rive-Sud – French only
Service à la famille chinoise du Grand Montréal
Dictionaries
- Grand dictionnaire terminologique de l’Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF)
- FRANQUS (français Québécois : usage standard) de l’Université de Sherbrooke
Reimbursement of Fees for French-language Courses
- The Ministère de l’Immigration et des Communautés culturelles is reimbursing up to $1,500 for immigrants holding a Quebec Selection Certificate (CSQ) who took French language courses abroad post October 22, 2008.