This Ontario study examines grade 9 French as a second language student’s motivation to learn French according to gender and societal influence. Save to Board […]
Subject: Language & Linguistics
Student Engagement in an Ottawa French Immersion High School Program
This article explores the difference in language learning for students whose parents have no French background and vice versa. It explains how both sets of students in an Ottawa French Immersion high school benefit from the language learning. Save to Board […]
To What Extent are Canadian Second Language Policies Evidence-Based? Reflections on the Intersections of Research and Policy
This article focuses on four major Canadian policies: The Core French and Immersion program for non-native French speakers, policies surrounding immigrant language learners, heritage teaching and learning disabilities. This article sheds light on how these educational policies can be implemented in order to better meet the needs of language learners and to ensure that all […]
Inclusionary Practises in French Immersion: A Need to Link Research to Practise
This article sheds light on the inequities in the French Immersion Program. It explores key issues such as access to language support, retention, educational support for teachers with students with learning disabilities in their classroom etc for students with learning disabilities. It focuses on how these key issues can be addressed so that language learners […]
Dyslexia in the Classroom
This article focuses on the struggles of a student with dyslexia in the French Immersion program. The article sheds light on how parents and teachers must be in constant communication and devise a learning plan for the student in order for them to progress at an appropriate speed and ultimately succeed in learning two languages. […]
The Impact of CEFR-Related Professional Learning on Second-Language Teachers’ Classroom Practice: The Case of French in Canada
This study, based on ninety French as a Second Language teachers across Canada explores how professional learning from the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment can successfully enhance student’s learning in the classroom. This study focuses on how teachers used effective teaching strategies such as hands-on materials and action-based lesson plans […]
Just say “non”: The Problem with French Immersion
This article explores case studies of parents who desperately await for there to be accees for their child in a French Immersion program. It provides advantages as to why being bilingual is beneficial in Canada however, it also explores how the lack of resources and tools inadequately prepare students, especially immigrants with the skills they […]
Understanding Learning Disabilities
This website explains how learning disabilities may impact a student’s learning in a classroom setting. It divides specific impairments into a chart to understand how cognitive processes are affected. Also, there is specific information regarding how LDs may impact students at an elementary school, high school, and post-secondary level. Save to Board […]
Structured Literacy in the French as a Second Language Classroom
In this Youtube video, Kim Lockhart and Natalie George discuss structured literacy in the FSL classroom. Save to Board […]
Pour un enseignement efficace de la lecture et de l’écriture
Cette trousse présente une synthèse de la recherche liée à la lecture et à l’écriture de français, ainsi que des activités, stratégies et pratiques pour soutenir l’apprentissage. Save to Board […]
