Best Practices Forum on Official Languages/Mauril

MAURIL

Mauril Application from CBC/Radio-Canada: Culture and Entertainment at the Heart of Official Languages Learning

CBC/Radio-Canada invites you to discover their new platform, Mauril, to learn English and French as a second language.

Mauril is a new and free digital platform using a wide range of exciting and entertaining content from CBC/Radio-Canada to help users learn English and French.

Funded and endorsed by the Government of Canada, this new tool is designed and deployed by CBC/Radio-Canada, in collaboration with a committee of pedagogical experts. It’s meant to help improve oral comprehension and integrate language knowledge in everyday life.

Speakers

Renée-Claude Ménard, Chief of Staff, Radio-Canada

Anne Hébert, Manager, Strategic and Digital Market Development, CBC/Radio-Canada

Program

Introduction by

Julie Boyer, Assistant Deputy Minister, Official Languages, Heritage and Regions and

Sarah Boily, Executive Director, Policy and Research, Canadian Heritage

Why did CBC/Radio-Canada create an application for language learning?
How to design a language learning application adapted to the Canadian context?
The keys to language learning.

The presentation will be followed by a Q&A period

Information

Date and time: March 4, 2021, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (ET)

Information: mauril@cbc.ca or mauril@radio-canada.ca

Registration: Participation via Zoom. No registration required.

Note : If you have trouble connecting to zoom, it is possible that you will have to use a personal computer.

Meeting ID: 830 253 3906

Password: DGLO2021!

Phone number: 1 204 272 7920

Code: 440171325