When proper French and modern, casual French clash, it can be challenging for language learners. Here's why you might hear two different ways of saying 'I went'.

Accents in written French aren't just weird squiggles that can be ignored - they give you vital clues on the word's pronunciation and sometimes even change its meaning.

More than six decades after the end of French colonial rule, the language once imposed through classrooms and administration ...

France’s education ministry on Thursday came under fire over teaching reforms that will allegedly see the circumflex accent, better known as “the hat”, disappear from French language textbooks.

French-speaking Belgium wants officially, to abandon a rule of French grammar deemed "obsolete and absurd".

Surrounded by the moss and Cajun decorum of the Wetlands Acadian Culturual Center in Thibodaux, those who attend the Cercle Francophone greet one another as family. And though they may not be rela… ...

The Parti Quebecois is leading the polls for next month's provincial election in Canada. If they win a majority, they intend to tighten Quebec's already established language laws. NPR's Arun Rath ...