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The Congress of French Culture in Florida (French: Le Congrès de la culture française en Floride), also referred to as CCFF or simply Le Congrès, is an academic organization that holds competitions annually in Orlando, Florida, to promote literacy in French culture and language among middle and high school students. [1]
William Compaine Calin (April 4, 1936 – May 20, 2018) was a senior scholar of Medieval French literature and French poetry at the University of Florida. His work has focused on Occitan Studies and on Franco-British literary relations.
Fort Caroline was an attempted French colonial settlement in Florida, located on the banks of the St. Johns River in present-day Duval County.It was established under the leadership of René Goulaine de Laudonnière on 22 June 1564, following King Charles IX's enlisting of Jean Ribault and his Huguenot settlers to stake a claim in French Florida ahead of Spain.
Essays in French Literature and Culture is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal published by the University of Western Australia. [1] It was established in 1964 by James R. Lawler, the Foundation Chair of French Studies at this university. The journal focuses on French Studies, in a broad sense.
More broadly, 32,700 jobs were created in Florida in 2022 by French companies, according to a report by the French Embassy in Washington, D.C. That represents 51% growth over the past 10 years.
Le Courrier des Amériques is a free monthly French-speaking newspaper in Florida, on paper and on internet, founded in 2013 by Gwendal Gauthier. [1] It has initially been named "Le Courrier de Floride" in 2013, but the name changed in Le Courrier des Amériques in 2020 (it had been interrupted during the Covid19 crises).
As of 2005, 74.54 percent of Florida residents age 5 and older spoke English at home as a first language, while 18.65 percent spoke Spanish, and 1.73 percent of the population spoke French Creole (predominantly Haitian Creole). French was spoken by 0.63 percent, followed by German at 0.45 percent, and Portuguese at 0.44 percent of all residents.
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