ERIC Number: ED429462
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1997
Pages: 182
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ISBN: ISBN-0-662-25323-X
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The Canadian Experience in the Teaching of Official Languages. Proceedings of the Symposium on the Canadian Experience in the Teaching of Official Languages (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 22-23, 1996).
Canadian Heritage, Ottawa (Ontario).
Symposium panel presentations on teaching official languages (French and English) in Canada include: "Social Stakes of English and French Teaching in Canada Over the Last 25 Years" (Roger Collet, Jan Finlay, Alan Lombard, Paul Ruest); "Evolution of the School-Community-Family Linkages" (Fernand Langlais, Roger Arsenault, Richard Gauthier, France Levasseur-Ouimet, Tom Matthews); "Major Tendencies in Teaching English and French as Second Languages" (Sharon Lapkin, Pierre Calve, Alister Cumming, Roy Lister, John Trim); "Challenges of English and French Teaching in a Minority Situation" (Angeline Martel, Benoit Cabazon, Raymond Daigle, Elaine Freeland, Rejean Lachappelle, Brian Harrison); "Teacher Training on the Eve of the 21st Century" (Rodrigue Landry, Therese Laferriere, Andre Obadia, Stan Shapson, Claudette Tardif, Palmer Acheson); "Special Presentation on the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary of Official Languages in Education" (Stacy Churchill); and "Impacts of Globalization and Technology of Language Learning" (Patsy M. Lightbown, Jim Clark, Jacques Lyrette, Pierre Pelletier, Claude Truchot). A synthesis of the symposium (Jean-Bernard Lafontaine) is also included. (MSE)
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Educational Trends, English, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, French, Information Technology, Language Minorities, Language Teachers, Official Languages, Second Language Instruction, Second Languages, Teacher Education, Technological Advancement, Trend Analysis
Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Canadian Heritage, Ottawa (Ontario).
Identifiers - Location: Canada
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