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Peer reviewedJaremko, B. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1974
New material developed for use in French classrooms in Calgary, Alberta, junior high schools is described. "Le francais a Calgary" is a series of filmstrips and tapes prepared as a supplement to the first fourteen lessons of the course "Voix et Images de France." (Author/PP)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Filmstrips, French, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedBryant, William H. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1975
Descriptors: French, Grading, Language Instruction, Scoring
Peer reviewedGame, A.; And Others – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1975
Descriptors: Elementary Education, French, Junior High Schools, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedHalpern, G.; And Others – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1975
Provides a brief description of the experimental French programs offered by the Ottawa and Carleton Boards of Education and outlines the research and evaluation which is now in progress. (Author/PMP)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, French, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedSivyer, Linda – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1975
A description of materials developed to supplement an activity-based French program for grade eight. (PMP)
Descriptors: French, Instructional Materials, Junior High Schools, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedHildebrand, John F. T. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1974
Describes and evaluates French immersion programs in New Brunswick, covering grades 1-12. (CK)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedLambert, Wallace E. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1974
Describes the response of one Canadian community and its local school board to the challenge of producing functionally bilingual children within the context of the public school curriculum, grades K through 7. (CK)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedSwain, Merrill – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1974
A study indicates that students in French immersion programs in Canadian schools achieve superior progress in French and equal skill in English relative to students in partial immersion classes or traditional second-language study. (CK)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, English
Peer reviewedSweet, Robert J. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1974
An explanation of a kindergarten French immersion program includes essential background information, details of implementation, problems encountered, practical and theoretical implications and suggested solutions to the difficulties encountered. (CK)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, English
Peer reviewedStanley, Malcolm H. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1974
Discusses early and late French immersion programs, their advantages and disadvantages, and considerations of staffing, cost, student motivation, effect on native language skills, and program effectiveness. (CK)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, English
Peer reviewedStanutz, Spencer – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1974
The Ottawa school system conducts French instruction in both immersion and "core" or regular programs. Special features are bilingual grades at the higher level and a bilingual high school. French Immersion programs are evaluated in terms of expense and educational effect. (CK)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, English
Peer reviewedWilton, Florence – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1974
The experience of a British Columbia bilingual education program is outlined, with information about number of pupils, program objectives, staffing, teaching materials and cost. The program teaches French in a primarily English-speaking area. (CK)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, English
Peer reviewedBurstall, Clare – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1975
A national experiment in foreign-language teaching carried out in selected primary schools in England and Wales is discussed. The experiment was begun in 1964 with the introduction of French. The results of the 1964-74 evaluation are discussed here. (RM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, FLES, French, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedCardy, Michael – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1975
A discussion of university-level FL instruction in Canada. (RM)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, French, Higher Education, Italian
Peer reviewedCarter, Thomas P. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1975
The second-year French course at Dalhousie University was divided into two semesters and redesignated as separate, half-credit courses, allowing science students to complete the basic program in less than two years and allowing the others more options for the second semester. (RM)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Course Descriptions, Course Organization, French
