Cheap French and English Keyboard “Hack” working in two languages (Canadian Keyboard, European)
On a Mac, to get accents for A, E, C and all the other ones you need, you simply hold down on the key, and a mini menu pops up above the letter and you can select any key you want:
Gerard Nolst Trenité: Dearest Creature in Creation – an exercise in English
I read that if you can read this poem without mispronouncing any words, you speak English better than 90% of native English speakers in the world. True or not, it’s a serious
Getting an English certificate for Bill 101 in Québec for Homeschooling Children: The Process & Eligibility
So, I had to try and obtain what I call an “English certificate” from Québec to be able to homeschool Little Bun in English. Long story short, I wanted to send him to
Learning Apps approved by Baby / Little Bun for English, Math, Science, Geography & Coding
Baby Bun (now Little Bun as he is older) has been playing with apps since he was 18 months old. Bla bla bla, screentime, and all, but he has learned so much from them it is amazing
How I got Little Bun to read and do math by the age of 3
So a little bit of background, Little Bun is 5 at the time of this writing, and in brief: English – He reads my emails out loud, he understands instructions in his activity b
Ask Sherry: How hard is the job market for Anglophones in Montreal?
Where I answer how I avoid buying knicknacks for the home and what I look for in a used car.
Ask Sherry: Where list out how many clothes I own
Ask Sherry Anything where I talk about living in Montreal as an Anglophone and the strange experience I have with Francophones.
The Intolerance of Immigrants by Strangers
As an immigrant, I’ve somewhat experienced an ‘otherness’, due to my initial accent in English, while living here. It’s been pretty much eradicated over the
The Necessity of Language: Why we all use and learn English globally
This article about how Quebec plans on reforming Montreal so that people speak more French than English is slightly disconcerting, especially when you read this: The Minister respo