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Ok so 3 more posts today that I’ve dug up – I’m an information JUNKIE on this stuff lately. Give em a browse and let me know what ya reckon. They’re just from a few different sites I’ve been surfing lately that are generally good for information like this…

Like things French? Have oui got a week for you

Wednesday: French immersion experience, 6 pm Alliance Francaise (113 N. First St.). Friday: Cine Club featuring "Contempt" ("Le Mepris") starring Brigitte …  Read More…

Building relationships

Lisa DeAbreau, a French immersion teacher at Notre Dame Elementary, said the students particularly liked his visuals. “It was a very good presentation, …  Read More…

Public responds to call for suggestions to name new schools

Because of the closing of Bawating and Sir James Dunn Collegiate and Vocational Schools, the board is opening one high school and one French immersion …  Read More…
That’s all the news for today guys, so until next time, thanks for stopping by.

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Another Way To Learn French : Take Online French Courses With Telefrench !

You can always try learning French alone by buying books, tapes or CDs. However problems can crop up. How can you be sure to learn colloquial expressions in context? Is your pronunciation really good enough and are you sure to be able to understand spoken French in a conversation? All these difficulties are challenges that only a teacher can help you overcome. You can always sign up in a school near home or in France while you’re on vacation. Those can be solutions…

Why not try to have a teacher at home, through your computer to be precise? Using Windows Live Messenger, one of the best free videoconferencing platforms, Telefrench puts you in contact with native French teachers specialized in teaching French as a foreign language. They will help you learn French or improve your knowledge of French language. They will train you to communicate in real life situation and will give you the means to use the most precise vocabulary.

Telefrench’s tutors know how important it is to support you throughout your learning process. They are always available to discuss your needs and can guide you toward successful learning. You get personalized extra teaching in between lessons. To learn a foreign language you need a rational approach by repeating, memorizing and systematizing. That’s why, after each lesson, you receive exercises to continue learning. They will help you memorize the new vocabulary you studied during the lesson and practice grammar. You can study at your own pace and see the progress you make week by week.

Because you will not have to study on your own or lose your time in transportation to a language school, Telefrench will make your life easier.

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Back with more news for you today. It’s amazing how much good information there is on this stuff out there if you know where to look. Three in particular that I found really valuable were…

The Airline Blog: Air France dismisses report of a "black year" in …

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Print Story: Parents to ask B.C. school district to consider Mandarin immersion on Yahoo! Canada News

Sat Jun 27, 12:21 AM

A group of parents in Richmond, B.C., will be taking a proposal for Mandarin immersion to the school board on June 29.

Richmond is a predominantly Chinese Vancouver suburb, where more than half the population speaks a Chinese dialect.

The parents, who call themselves Mandarin for B.C. Schools, Richmond Committee, want the board to consider a program that is accessible to all students, no matter what their ethnic or linguistic background.

If successful, it would be the first school district in British Columbia to offer a Mandarin immersion program, though Edmonton and San Francisco offer similar programs.

Richmond school board chair Linda McPhail said it’s an intriguing idea but admitted she has reservations.

She said she doesnt know how many people would be interested in the program, and wondered how the details would come together.

“Can you get teachers? It’s quite problematic across the province for specialist teachers, especially in French immersion; we’ve been dealing with this for the last couple of years. So can you get Mandarin immersion teachers? What’s the curriculum? What are the resources? Are they available?”

According to the group’s proposal, “Richmond children will be most successful if they have the ability to communicate and understand the fellow citizens of our city.”

Mandarin is the most spoken language in the world. The proposal argues early Mandarin education makes sense as it is one of the most challenging languages to learn and children have an easier time learning languages when they are young.

The group is hoping for the program to begin in September 2010, with both kindergarten and Grade 1 admissions.

The program would “include the requisite exposure to French,” and children will continue to learn English.

Sarah Dakin, a non-Mandarin-speaking parent in Richmond, would consider enrolling her children if the proposal is implemented.

“I think if they have a cultural understanding of the Chinese, I think it would help them with colleagues at work, or neighbours down the street,” Dakin said about her children, Tristan and Liam Rendell.

“I want to learn [Mandarin], it would be nice for me to learn another language, said Tristan.

Patrick Kam told CBC News he hopes the program is in place in time for his now one-year-old daughter to start.

“Like my parents who immigrated to Canada to give us a better life, who knows if the tables might turn? We might immigrate back to Asia to give her a better opportunity, right?”

Critics of the proposal, like Glen Heredia, asked where the resources would come from.

Heredia has been campaigning against the proposal by writing letters to the editor in local newspapers.

“Tax money should go to fund everything equally, and not just a certain section of society or particular community,” he said.

The proposal notes that a Mandarin program would be ineligible for government funding, so a “not-for-profit parent group” would fundraise to support the program.

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Hey Readers! I’ve been comin across some crazy stuff the past few days from a few different blogs around the web which I just had to share with you. Check em out below…

intensive french lessons/course – English Forum Switzerland

i am looking to take an intensive french course/lessons 4 or 5 times a week for a couple of hours a day to be able to have conversations with people.

American Black Chick in London: Advice on French Class in France?

I'm taking an intensive French course now, but I'm finding that I rarely get to practice what I'm learning outside of class. Instead of sitting around London taking French classes while unemployed and sending out resumes, …

Education | Summer Internships in Paris :: By Michiel Van Kets …

As well as developing your language and cultural skills from your work and home placement, students can expect to receive full time intensive French language training, normally provided by a fully accredited French language school. …

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Kindergarten to go to full-day program – Yahoo! Canada News

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Mon Jul 20, 8:08 AM

PRINCE.EDWARD.ISLAND (CBC) – The P.E.I. government is endorsing the direction of the report of its kindergarten commissioner, and supporting her recommendation that the program go to a full day.

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Pat Mella’s report on moving kindergarten into the schools was released Monday at a news conference in Summerside. The provincial kindergarten curriculum is currently delivered through private schools and daycares.

Mella has recommended the current half-day program move to a full day, and suggested that French immersion, which currently begins at Grade 1, start in kindergarten.

Mella devotes considerable space in her report on how to move current kindergarten teachers, most of whom do not have a B.Ed., into the school system. School teachers currently require a B.Ed., and Mella suggests that continue for kindergarten teachers, who currently more typically have specialties in early childhood education.

Mella recommends that kindergarten teachers be licensed on an interim basis, and be given six years to earn their B.Ed. UPEI would be asked to create a flexible program allowing kindergarten teachers to get their degrees.

In response to the report, the government said in a news release current kindergarten teachers will be considered first for the new teaching positions in the school system.

“Government understands the vital importance of early childhood education,” said Ghiz.

“We are committed to working closely with the sector to identify and address training needs.”

The report contains specifics about student-teacher ratios and how much classroom space should be provided.

Mella recommends kindergarten classes with single teachers should have no more than 15 students. If two qualified teachers are team teaching a class there should be no more than 24 students.

The report also suggests a standard of classroom space slightly higher than the national average: 3.5 square metres per student as opposed to 3.2. Mella writes that this should be considered a minimum.

The space, she writes, is required for the Department of Education’s play-based curriculum. In particular, each kindergarten classroom “should be provided with sufficient space to accommodate at least five activity centres in an efficient and appropriate layout.”

Parents should be given the choice to delay their child’s entry into kindergarten.

The report recommends if parents choose they may hold their children back for one year, if they feel it is in the best interests of the child.

Mella also addresses transportation issues, which was a topic for discussion when the Eastern School District moved to close eight schools this year. Many parents expressed their concern school bus rides would be too long.

Mella recommends school boards develop plans to reduce the duration of bus runs to meet a target of no more than one hour one-way for bus routes transporting kindergarten-aged children.

The province is following up the report with a kindergarten transition team and nine work groups. They will begin work immediately to draft plans in such areas as supports for students with special needs, teacher training programs and certification levels, and transition issues for early childhood centres.

The work groups include representatives of government, school boards, UPEI, Holland College, Collège Acadie, the Early Childhood Development Association, Early Learning Operators of P.E.I., CUPE, the P.E.I. Teachers’ Federation, P.E.I. Home and School Federation, Féderation des parents and Canadian Parents for French.

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