We celebrate National French Week (November 4-10) and the 2025 theme, Design your Future with French, with a special LLChat podcast episode from our series Québécois Poets & Writers.

Xavière Hardy is a distinguished writer and specialist in Video Game Production Management from Montreal. She's the author of acclaimed books such as "Follement écrivaines" and "Ne passez pas par la case départ." Her career spans significant roles in the literary and gaming industries, including managing major projects like Hyper Scape and For Honor at Ubisoft. Additionally, she serves on the board of Femmes de Parole, actively enriching poetic and intercultural dialogues.

Our sincere thanks to Dr. Peter Schulman for hosting and sharing this course interview.

We are grateful for the editing skills of Ibrahima Wann.

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We are delighted to kick off the new season of LLChat with our popular series on Virtual Reality for World Languages and Cultures Using ImmerseMe, featuring ODU student Lauren Westcott. Lauren graduated in May 2025 with a major in English and a concentration in technical writing. In her interview, she describes her immersive French learning as "a rewarding and fulfilling experience to be able to learn about the way that other people do things. It gives you an entirely different perspective on your own life." Listen to how ImmerseMe's virtual reality and AI have made a positive impact on her language learning. Check out Lauren's full story in our episode below.

Our thanks to Arielle Rodgers for hosting this spectacular episode!

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This is Part 2 of our interview with Caitilin Walsh in the series: The Language Services Industry. She is a professional translator, industry advocate, and past president of the American Translators Association (ATA). She served on ATA’s Education and Pedagogy Committee. Ms. Walsh also served on the executive committee of the Joint National Committee for Languages. An ATA-certified French-English translator, she produces translations for the computer industry and food lovers alike. She is a graduate of Willamette University (Oregon) and the Université de Strasbourg, France. She teaches ethics and business practices at the Translation and Interpreting Institute at Bellevue College.

This episode is from an earlier interview.

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