Through research and classroom observation undertaken while conceptualizing and implementing the Intensive French program in Canada, many new insights were gained into the development of communication skills in a classroom situation. Five lessons learned about the development of spontaneous oral communication are presented in this article: the ineffectiveness of core French in primary school; the minimum number of intensive hours necessary to develop spontaneous oral communication; the need to develop implicit competence rather than explicit knowledge; the distinction between accuracy as knowledge and accuracy as skill; and the importance of teaching strategies focusing on language use. These lessons have implications for our understanding ...
Article ré-imprimé en 2005 par "The Canadian modern language review"This article provides an empiric...
Parlez-vous français? Or how the Dutch teenagers can really learn to speak and write in French. This...
This paper illustrates teaching for transfer across languages by synthesizing key insights from theo...
Abstract Through research and classroom observation undertaken while conceptualizing and implemen...
Master of EducationThe purpose of this study is to improve speaking skills in a second language. It ...
The purpose of the present study is to investigate the impact of 130-minute macroclasses, as oppose...
The field of learning foreign languages has long been a contentious issue. Various theories and meth...
We address the relation between oral and written language in the process of building knowledge throu...
The overriding objective of core French (CF) teaching in Canada since the National Core French Study...
The purpose of this study is to look at various teaching methods that promote second language acquis...
The Language Arts curriculum for British Columbia, which was introduced in 2006, contains a signific...
To begin, the authors distinguish among the concepts general autonomy, language autonomy and learnin...
This article presents the results of a study whose goal was to support French language learners and ...
In the province of Ontario, French education maintains an important part of a student’s life as it i...
This study explores the impact of professional learning about the Common European Framework of Refer...
Article ré-imprimé en 2005 par "The Canadian modern language review"This article provides an empiric...
Parlez-vous français? Or how the Dutch teenagers can really learn to speak and write in French. This...
This paper illustrates teaching for transfer across languages by synthesizing key insights from theo...
Abstract Through research and classroom observation undertaken while conceptualizing and implemen...
Master of EducationThe purpose of this study is to improve speaking skills in a second language. It ...
The purpose of the present study is to investigate the impact of 130-minute macroclasses, as oppose...
The field of learning foreign languages has long been a contentious issue. Various theories and meth...
We address the relation between oral and written language in the process of building knowledge throu...
The overriding objective of core French (CF) teaching in Canada since the National Core French Study...
The purpose of this study is to look at various teaching methods that promote second language acquis...
The Language Arts curriculum for British Columbia, which was introduced in 2006, contains a signific...
To begin, the authors distinguish among the concepts general autonomy, language autonomy and learnin...
This article presents the results of a study whose goal was to support French language learners and ...
In the province of Ontario, French education maintains an important part of a student’s life as it i...
This study explores the impact of professional learning about the Common European Framework of Refer...
Article ré-imprimé en 2005 par "The Canadian modern language review"This article provides an empiric...
Parlez-vous français? Or how the Dutch teenagers can really learn to speak and write in French. This...
This paper illustrates teaching for transfer across languages by synthesizing key insights from theo...