A Report on the Status of the Teaching of French as a Second Language Within CTF Member Organization Jurisdictions
A Report on the Status of the Teaching of French as a Second Language Within CTF Member Organization Jurisdictions

Author: Canadian Teachers' Federation

Publisher: The Federation

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13:

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A ten-member commission on French as a Second Language (FSL) was established by the Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF) in July 1978, with a three-year mandate. One of the commission's tasks was to review the national scene in the area of FSL education. A process was initiated to survey CTF member organizations, to review education acts and regulations of each province, and to review official reports. This report includes a summary of the findings with comments. The report is presented as follows: (1) provincial/territorial regulations governing FSL education; (2) observations on the regulations in terms of definition of objectives, required grade levels and time allocation, prescribed programs or texts, teacher training, and general observations; (3) federal government support for second language studies, especially assistance for the teaching of the second official language, the special projects program for the development of bilingualism, teachers' bursaries, language training centers, and the second language monitor program; and (4) an outline of relevant policy or position statements by CTE member associations. Appendices include relevant statistical tables and position papers from member associations. A French language version of the body of the report and the statistical tables is included. (AMH)

Language Contact and Language Conflict in Arabic
Language Contact and Language Conflict in Arabic

Author: Aleya Rouchdy

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-05-13

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 1136122265

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This book contains 17 studies by leading international scholars working on a wide range of topics in Arabic socio-linguistics, divided into four parts. The studies in Part 1 address questions of national language planning in a diglossic situation, with a particular focus on North Africa. Part 2 explores the relationship of identity and language choice in different Arabic-speaking communities living both within and outside the Arab World. Part 3 examines language choice in such diverse contexts as popular preaching, humour and Arab women's writing. Part 4 contains 5 papers in which variation, code-switching and generational language shift in the Arabic-language diaspora in Europe and the USA are the focus. The collection as a whole provides wide-ranging introduction to key areas of current research, which will be of interest to the general sociolinguist as well as the Arabic language specialist.

Analyse Comparative Des Objectifs D'apprentissage de Quatre Programmes D'enseignement de Base Du Fruneais Langue Seconde Au Canada (Comparative Analysis of the Learning Objectives of Four French as a Second Language Teaching Programs in Canada). Publication B-185
Analyse Comparative Des Objectifs D'apprentissage de Quatre Programmes D'enseignement de Base Du Fruneais Langue Seconde Au Canada (Comparative Analysis of the Learning Objectives of Four French as a Second Language Teaching Programs in Canada). Publication B-185

Author: Lucie Giasson

Publisher: Centre international de recherche en aménagement linguistique = International Center for Research on Language Planning

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13:

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In spite of their responsibilities and specific contexts in matters of teaching core French as a second language, the Canadian provinces sometimes face common problems such as having to adapt a single program to various schools when the level of basic knowledge of students of French varies. Several original solutions easily adaptable to other provinces are presented. The limited channels of information restrict the sharing of resources and experience. This research could contribute to the improvement of interprovincial dialogue because it aims at a comparative analysis of four official core French programs as second language programs used in Canada in 1989. The elements compared are the learning objectives qualified by De Landsheere and De Landsheere as "the key to the method of curriculum development." The analysis grid of objectives conceived by D'Hainaut has been adapted and applied to the objectives of the programs of British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario, in order to bring out their specific characteristics, resemblances, and differences. (Author/LB)