About

Word Nerd

Language and Education Ltd.

Word Nerd Language and Education Ltd. is an educational service provider and publisher specializing in foreign languages since 2001. Our mission is simple: to improve the way that foreign languages are taught and used the world over.

Robyn Matthew

The 'Word Nerd'

Robyn Matthew is the president of Word Nerd Language and Education Ltd., an educational service provider and publisher specializing in foreign languages. She also works as a Canadian contributor to the Collins Dictionary and as an evaluator of the grade 12 French provincial exams for the Ministry of Education. Her past pursuits include being a cultural columnist, exchange student and teacher.

She holds a double major in English and French from UBC and a master of publishing from SFU with a specialization in language textbooks and resources. She has worked both in the French-as-a-second language department at Oxford University Press Canada and the dictionary department at HarperCollins Publishers UK. She now divides her time between her hometown of Vancouver and France where she lived for two years. She has written two books: 'In Search of... Canadian Culture' and 'Language Logic: Practical and Effective Techniques to Learn Any Foreign Language.'

Matthew found success learning languages as an adult. Her desire to improve language education, however, stems from the struggles she once encountered as a high school student in the Canadian education system. Today, she speaks to language learners at high schools, private language schools, universities and corporations about how they too can become successful language learners.

Céline Foucher-Mamo

Head of French Initiatives

French native, Céline Foucher-Mamo specializes in teaching her first language to French enthusiasts and has travelled extensively doing so. From Indonesia, Italy, England, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, she brings a world of expertise to her work as Head of French Initiatives at Word Nerd Language and Education, where she delivers elite French language training to clients.

Now in Canada, she complements the French Fanatic program by putting students' newfound language skills into action. Thanks to her unique training, she knows what French sounds pose particular problems to non-native speakers and, most importantly, how to fix them! She aims to have you speaking the language as well as she does.

Céline has devoted her career to sharing her language and culture with others. Today, she holds a Bachelors in Language Sciences from the Université de Poitiers, a Masters in teaching French-as-a-Second Language from the Université de Toulouse, le Mirail and Doctorate in Applied Linguistics from the prestigious Centre de Linguistique Appliquée in Besan¨on.