Fantastic collection of stories for use by teachers. The stories are available in English, French and many other languages and it’s easy to switch from one language to another. You can also have the story read aloud in many languages. A great way to compare languages. Note that there are collections of African and Indigenous […]
Subject: French Language
Undergraduate Studies Writing and Referencing Support
This resource is designed for Undergraduate Students who need support with their writing and referencing to avoid plagiarism. Save to Board […]
Ask Me Anything: Technology in the FSL classroom
This video shows the final webinar in an online series of Ask me Anything discussions between in-service FSL teachers and experts and FSL teacher candidates from two Ontario Faculties of Education. This webinar series is a pilot project inspired by data collected in a larger three-year project called “FSL Teacher Recruitment and Retention” led by […]
Quality Learning in French Second Language in New Brunswick
This paper seeks to understand how students in a French as a Second Language program can utilize their skills even after they graduate from high school. It specifically looks at a study done in New Brunswick on how their language programs differ from other provinces and what target goals they are meeting to ensure that […]
Ask me Anything: French Immersion
This is the third session in an online webinar series launched in response to data collected in a larger 3-year study on FSL Recruitment and Retention conducted by Dr. Stephanie Arnott and Dr. Mimi Masson at the University of Ottawa and Dr. Muriel Peguret and Dr. Gail Prasad at York University. This panel features 3 […]
Student Attrition in Specialized High School Programs: An Examination of three French Immersion Centres
This study attempts to understand why boys and girls are deciding to leave French Immersion schools at the high school level. Factors that impact one’s decision to leave include: the marks they are receiving in FI classes, challenges with learning the language, behavioural challenges and so forth. This article attempts to address concerns such as […]
Elitist, Inequitable and Exclusionary Practices: A Problem within Ontario French Immersion Programs?
This literature review is intended to shed light on the French Immersion Programs in Canada. The author tries to address certain concerns that exist within a French Immersion school board; such as not giving every student an equal opportunity to enter into the FI program and remain in it. Since the FI program wishes to […]
Dyslexia in the Immersion Classroom
Une anecdote d’un parent avec un enfant avec dyslexie, et les défis et les soutiens présents dans la classe d’immersion Save to Board […]
Inclusionary Practices in French Immersion: A Need to Link Research to Practice
“Although more research is needed in terms of the suitability of French immersion for specific learning challenges, research has consistently shown that the program poses no detrimental risk to normally developing students or to students who may be at risk for academic or learning difficulties. Accusations of elitism, documented cases of a lack of support […]
To what extent are Canadian second language policies evidence-based? Reflections on the intersections of research and policy
À revoir: “”TEACHING ENGLISH AND FRENCH TO NEWCOMER STUDENTS”” (p.4) et “”DENYING DEAF CHILDREN BILINGUAL OPPORTUNITIES”” (p.6) Save to Board […]
