Quebec and Learning French as a Native English Speaker

[MC62750]

Hi, I'm going away to college and really want to begin learning French. I enjoy the language, my family has French Canadian roots, there are numerous French authors I look forward to reading in their original words, and I'm particularly fond of Quebec and hope to spend some time there eventually. However, my question is about the myths of prejudice against American English speakers like me: speaking only of Quebec, are French speakers at all unkind or unwelcoming to American English speakers who are learning French, or native English speakers in general? Will I feel welcomed or condescended to as a non-native French speaker? I appreciate your thoughts. - Matt

[linguaholic]

On 11.2.2018 at 4:02 AM, MC62750 said:

Hi, I'm going away to college and really want to begin learning French. I enjoy the language, my family has French Canadian roots, there are numerous French authors I look forward to reading in their original words, and I'm particularly fond of Quebec and hope to spend some time there eventually. However, my question is about the myths of prejudice against American English speakers like me: speaking only of Quebec, are French speakers at all unkind or unwelcoming to American English speakers who are learning French, or native English speakers in general? Will I feel welcomed or condescended to as a non-native French speaker? I appreciate your thoughts. - Matt

That's an interesting question. Unfortunately I can not give you answer for it, as I am Swiss and I have no experience with that. 

However, I can just really encourage you to study French. It's an amazing language and the literature is even more amazing. It will definitely open up a whole new world for you to enjoy! So I wish you all the best in your language learning journey!