November 2010's Featured Student is
Tsion Gebremedhen!
Having participated in French for the Future's
NAYF in Halifax last February, Tsion is a 2010 ambassador of bilingualism.
Name: Tsion Gebremedhen
Age: 17
Grade : 12
Hometown: Toronto, Ontario
First language: Ethiopian
Favourite food: Injera
Favourite French book:
Titeuf comic books!
Favourite way of practicing French: By speaking French with my cousins
Why do you think it is important to learn French? Because over a lifetime, it opens a lot of doors, and as French for the Future says:
“Two languages… twice the opportunity!”
Best experience “en français”: To participate in the National Ambassador Youth Forum and to go to Belgium and France and speak French fluently with everybody!
The coolest Francophone country is, in your opinion: Belgium
How you will use your French skills in the future: By teaching French to my children, and by participating in French for the Future!
A place you would like to go: Australia
Nominate a student!
Past Featured Students
October 2010
Henry Annan
September 2010
Kirsten LePage and Rochelle Dorosh
August 2010
Estelle Ah-Kiow
July 2010
Catheryne Gagnon
June 2010
Deanna Mirlycourtois
May 2010
Raphael Picard
April 2010
David Des Rosiers
March 2010
Annie-Claude Léveillé
February 2010
Kayla Whitesel
January 2010
Regina Prost
December 2009
Daniel Sorek
November 2009
Jack Li
October 2009
Joel Adria
September 2009
Jenna Gonzalez
August 2009
Camille Blakeley Dejy
July 2009
Rym Ben Berrah
June 2009
Kaeli Bauman et Marie-Josée Charette
May 2009
Melody Sinclair-Brooks