Complex sentence: Patrice Brasseur, a French linguist, has made numerous visits to the island and, in speaking with remaining elderly Newfoundland Francophones, has found that French-speaking children were often punished for speaking French at school.
Split into simpler sentences: Patrice Brasseur, a French linguist, has made numerous visits to the island. In speaking with remaining elderly Newfoundland francophones, he has found that French-speaking children were often punished for speaking French at school.