Concours d’art oratoire

Concours d’art oratoire is a  longstanding public speaking competition for youth who are learning French in school hosted by Canadian Parents for French. It’s a great way to honor their many hours of hard work and to celebrate official language bilingualism in Canada. Thousands of students participate every year in communities big and small, for the opportunity to win prizes or scholarships to postsecondary institutions.

This event began in 1975 in the Ottawa-Carleton area and expanded to a provincial event when the Ontario Modern Language Teachers’ Association (OMLTA) and Canadian Parents for French (CPF) joined forces in 1985 as co-sponsors. The Concours d’art oratoire is an opportunity to integrate public speaking into regular classroom activity and to involve community members outside the classroom for judging and administration of classroom and school-level events. With the current emphasis on volunteerism in education, Concours d’art oratoire presents new opportunities for teachers, administrators and secondary students to become involved. This is also a great opportunity for students who are in the SHSM program.   

See Concours Archives. 

The Concours d’art oratoire has proven to be highly beneficial for students as it:

• stimulates their interest in learning French;
• improves their speaking and pronunciation skills;
• offers them the experience of speaking French in public;
• provides an opportunity to foster a community of active French language learners; and
• demonstrates the relevance of French language instruction in the ‘real world.’ 

Students from Ontario compete within pre-determined categories:

• Core French
• Extended French
• Immersion
• Francophone

For additional information, about Concours, please get in touch with Stéphanie Filippi, Project Manager.

905.366.1012 x 2 | 1.800.667.0594 | sfilippi@on.cpf.ca