If you speak and read French, the Public Service Commission encourages you to have a language assessment. Having more bilingual employees helps government build language capacity from within and offer more services to Islanders in French.
You can contact frenchlanguagetraining@gov.pe.ca or call 902-569-7708 to schedule a French Oral Proficiency Assessment.
- Description of French Language Proficiency Levels
- Sample Questions for French Language Proficiency Assessment
- French Language Proficiency Assessment Q&A - Tips and Tools
- French Language Assessment Q&A (sharable PDF)
- 8.04 French Language Proficiency Evaluations (Évaluation de la compétence en français)
- If you would like to schedule a lunch and learn session in your department to learn more about this assessment, please contact tmcguirk@gov.pe.ca
Antidote
The Public Service Commission provides free Antidote software to its bilingual employees. This software helps correct French grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and more. For further details, please visit the website at: https://www.antidote.info/en/
To access the software, send a request to frenchlanguagetraining@gov.pe.ca
Getting Involved
Interacting with French-speaking person and participating in French community events is the best way to practice and learn French. These community organizations offer many activities and send regular newsletters to promote them.
- La Voix acadienne - PEI French newspaper
- Centre communautaire La Belle-Alliance (Summerside)
- Le Carrefour de l'Isle Saint-Jean (Charlottetown)
- Actions Femmes Î.P.É
- City Cinema
Free online tools and resources
Resources of the Language Portal of Canada:
- Langauge Navigator, TERMIUM Plus, free tools, quizzes, and Our Languages blog https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/index
CBC:
- Listen with Radio-Canada’s APP Ohdio: Ohdio offers a wide variety of exclusive podcasts, audiobooks, and music playlists https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio
- Learn with Mauril: Test your listening comprehension skills with audio and video content from CBC and Radio-Canada. https://mauril.ca/en/
- Cook with Mordu: Radio-Canada has launched a website with recipes, articles, and videos https://ici.radio-canada.ca/mordu