Anaïs Favron will direct the new game show tongue in my pocketwhich will improve French at a time when there is great concern about its decline.
Télé-Québec’s new family reunion will be 52 half hours long and will be broadcast next winter until the end of 2025.
The production of this interactive program is made possible by a grant of US$4.9 million from the Minister for French Language, Jean-François Roberge.
On Monday, it was clarified that the “concept aims to highlight the mobilizing side of our language, with its beauty, its thousand accents and its expressions” without taking itself too seriously and learning many things through a pedagogical component.
Directed by director Sébastien Hurtubise, we’ll bring in singer-songwriter Mike Clay to set the mood on set.
In addition, the Télé Québec platform in the classroom will “facilitate the use of content by teachers, in addition to creating support sheets encouraging young people to expand the classroom experience,” he added.
“The proposal for a television show that puts the spotlight on the language is fully in line with the channel’s mission and I believe will be of interest to Quebecers, particularly young people,” Minister Roberge said. What is even more interesting is that the television project will have an adapted version for all Quebec schools. In particular, by increasing young people’s interest in the French language, we will help halt its decline in Quebec.”
participants wanted
Attraction Images, which produces La langue dans ma poche, is now looking for pairs of players, including a youth aged 10-16 and an adult. Registration is online.
The sum of $4.9 million comes from investments of almost $25 million over five years included in the March 2022 budget under the “Encouraging the Use of French Funds” measure.