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British Columbia Dept. of Education, Victoria. Div. of Public Instruction. – 1981
Guidelines are provided to assist teachers of grade 3 French immersion pupils in developing a concentrated English language arts program which will enable pupils to attain competency in the essential basic skills. The introduction of English language arts into the early French immersion program represents the pupils' first encounter with formal…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, English Instruction, French, Grade 3
Download full textAlberta Learning, Edmonton. Direction de l'education francaise. – 1999
The materials in this document discuss the Alberta (Canada) public school curriculum for French immersion instruction for 5-year olds in preschool, intended for implementation in September 2000. The first part outlines the rationale and organization of the curriculum model and its five guiding principles. The second part describes the seven…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries
Leduc, Denise; Mariez, Jean-Marie – 1988
The Alberta (Canada) curriculum for 7th, 8th, and 9th grade French immersion instruction is presented. An introductory section describes the rationale and objectives of the program and provides a brief bibliography. The next section charts the types of discourse on which the curriculum focuses within each language skill area (listening, speaking,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries, French
Leduc, Denise; Mariez, Jean-Marie – 1988
The Alberta (Canada) curriculum for 10th, 11th, and 12th grade French immersion instruction is presented. An introductory section describes the rationale and objectives of the program and provides a brief bibliography. The next section charts the types of discourse on which the curriculum focuses within each language skill area (listening,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries, French
Theberge, Raymond – 1990
An evaluation of Manitoba's French immersion programs at the levels of grades 3, 6, and 9 focused on program effectiveness in teaching listening comprehension and speech skills. The results for grade 6 are presented here. The first section describes the framework of the immersion curriculum and the listening and oral skills targeted in it. The…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries, French
Stern, H. H. – 1982
This literature review looked at core French (programs of French as a second language taught as a subject) as opposed to immersion French in terms of starting grade, instructional time, instructional materials, children could bring bilingual experience to learning French, starting age is less important than sometimes argued. Neither starting age…
Descriptors: Age, Curriculum Design, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Lavoie, Jacinthe – 1989
A shift in instructional focus to student needs and interests spurred the development of a different approach to French second language program design in Alberta. A practical curriculum planning model is offered that is based on: (1) communicative and student-centered activities; (2) responsiveness to teacher needs; and (3) supporting planning for…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Course Content, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Language Services Branch. – 1987
The conceptual framework within which Alberta's elementary school French immersion programs are designed is presented. The first of three main sections outlines the evolution of the concept of language and some second language instructional approaches, including the structural, formalist, functional, and communicative approaches. It also discusses…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Education, Curriculum Design
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1998
The guide provides both general and specific behavioral objectives for French second language instruction in immersion contexts at each grade level in Alberta's elementary and secondary schools (K-12). An introductory section gives an overview of the curriculum's design and use of the guide, instructional and evaluation principles, and some major…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education
Obadia, Andre A. – 1996
This brochure, intended for the parents of current and prospective French immersion students, answers commonly-asked questions about immersion education, including who should participate, how good the child's French will be, whether immersion students are likely to lose ground in English or academic subjects, how parents can provide support at…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Influence
Theberge, Raymond – 1990
An evaluation of Manitoba's French immersion programs at the levels of grades 3, 6, and 9 focused on program effectiveness in teaching listening comprehension and speech skills. The results for grade 9 are presented here. The first section describes the framework of the immersion curriculum and the listening and oral skills targeted in it. The…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries, French
Day, Elaine M.; Shapson, Stan M. – 1990
An experiment evaluated the impact of an integrated formal, analytic, and functional communicative approach to second language teaching in French immersion on French language proficiency. The impetus for the study arises from research indicating that immersion children show persistent weaknesses in their grammatical skills despite the fluent,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries
Crane-Fisk, Carolyn – 1986
A French language program used in a Montessori school with children in preschool through junior high grades is described. The program provides language instruction in the classroom by a French specialist as well as separate French classes, a compromise between immersion and the Montessori methodology. The children are able to work independently…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Curriculum Design
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1999
The report, entirely in French, describes Alberta's curriculum for second-year French immersion, as revised in 1994. An introductory section offers background information on the curriculum revision, links between the core curriculum and French immersion, underlying principles of second language instruction, the revised curriculum's objectives and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Course Content, Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1999
The report, entirely in French, describes Alberta's curriculum for third-year French immersion, as revised in 1994. An introductory section offers background information on the curriculum revision, links between the core curriculum and French immersion, underlying principles of second language instruction, the revised curriculum's objectives and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Course Content, Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries
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