In the room with pale green walls, silence reigns.
Only the voice of Fatima, a French teacher for Women Without Borders, is raised: “Don’t use familiarity with the doctor!
It's very impolite in French.
You have to say please.
» The participants listen, studious.
Everyone comes every week to this sociolinguistics course taught by this association established for 40 years in the heart of the Plateau Rouher district in Creil (Oise).
With only two employees and several volunteers, this associative pillar of the southern capital Oise is waging a fight on several fronts: against illiteracy, job insecurity but also domestic violence.
French lessons are one of the flagship activities, and welcome everyone, with almost no conditions: attendance is essential.
To participate, you only need to pay an annual membership of 30 euros, but the most modest households are exempt.
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