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The "Autobiography of Intercultural Encounters": Mixed Results amongst Canadian Adolescents
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Ruest, Carl – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2020
Reflecting upon their intercultural experiences, with a tool like the "Autobiography of intercultural encounters," may help adolescents become better interculturalists. This research investigates how the use of the Autobiography may allow adolescents develop intercultural competence (IC). Using Byram's framework on which this tool is…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Autobiographies, Student Attitudes, Guidelines
"I Wouldn't Want to Impose!" Intercultural Mediation in French Immersion
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Keating Marshall, Kelle; Bokhorst-Heng, Wendy D. – Foreign Language Annals, 2018
This article examines four French immersion (FI) teachers' perspectives on the relationship between language and culture and on their roles as intercultural mediators in New Brunswick (NB), Canada's only officially bilingual province. Data were drawn from semi-structured interviews with the teachers. Couched in the broader framework of Canada's…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, French, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Not Truly, Not Entirely ... "Pas comme les Francophones"
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Roy, Sylvie – Canadian Journal of Education, 2010
In this study, I investigate how French immersion students in two junior high schools in Alberta see themselves in Canadian society. The data come from three years of ethnographic research that included classroom observations and 94 interviews with students, teachers, administrators, and parents. This study shows how French immersion students do…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Immersion Programs, Foreign Countries, French
Block Scheduling for Language Study in the Middle Grades: A Summary of the Carleton Case Study.
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Lapkin, Sharon; Harley, Birgit; Hart, Doug – Learning Languages, 1997
Summarizes a study on block scheduling for second-language programs among Canadian middle school students. Results show that students studying French on a block schedule (e.g., one-half day instruction over a 10-week period) performed better on standardized tests than did control students who received standard 40-minute per day French instruction.…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, French
Sciences Humaines Assessment, Manitoba 1991. Preliminary Report: Test Data. French Immersion Program = Evaluation en sciences humaines, Manitoba 1991. Rapport preliminaire: donnees des tests. Programme d'immersion Francaise.
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Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. – 1991
The "sciences humaines" provincial assessment was conducted in June 1991 in Franco-Manitoban (Canadian) schools and in the French immersion program. Tests were administered to students in grades 8 and 10. Test results are presented in two preliminary reports, one for Franco-Manitoban schools and the present report for French immersion…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Foreign Countries
Language Learning in French Immersion Classrooms in the Transition Year: Information for Language Learning Teachers.
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Sanders, Margaret – 1992
This handbook is designed to help teachers of French Canadian immersion students plan effective language learning experiences for their students in the transition year to English instruction. In the transition year, French immersion students are first introduced to formal instruction in English. This introduction presents a unique challenge for…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries