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Mady, Callie; Arnett, Katy – Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2019
In the Canadian context, although most considerations for home-target language use are centred on the presence of English in French Second Language (FSL) programs, the increasing number of immigrants to Canada in general and to southern Ontario in particular has provided an impetus to extend the discussion to include the use of languages beyond…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beginning Teachers, Second Language Instruction, French
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Cassandra Glynn, Editor; Allison Spenader, Editor – Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2024
The 2024 Central States Conference was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota on March 14-16. This year's theme, Reclaim Your Joy!, reflects the choice we make every day as educators to bring the joy of acquiring a language to our students. Even though the last several years have been fraught with challenges, we are finding ways to bring back the joy into…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, National Surveys, Literacy
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Glynn, Cassandra, Ed.; Spenader, Allison, Ed. – Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2023
The 2023 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages was held in Columbus, Ohio on March 9-11. This year's theme, Empathy, Equity, and Empowerment is reflective of the vital work educators do in classrooms every day across the country. The Wikipedia definition of empathy is "the capacity to understand or feel what another…
Descriptors: Empathy, Equal Education, Empowerment, Cultural Awareness
EdCan Network, 2019
This brief report presents six trends in Canadian education for 2018-2019. Each trend is presented with a list of facts and relating report to support the trend. The six trends are: (1) Provinces and territories are conducting whole system reviews and reforms to their education systems; (2) Minority language revitalization in education has become…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Trends, Educational Change, Educational Practices
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Mady, Callie – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2013
This paper examines French as a second official language (FSOL) teachers' perspectives as they relate to the inclusion of immigrants who are learning English (IMMs), in elementary FSOL education in an English-dominant region of Canada, in particular within French immersion. In this paper, I have tried to examine the question of access to…
Descriptors: French, Official Languages, Language Usage, Immigrants
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Arnett, Katy; Mady, Callie – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquee, 2010
Using the lens of critical theory, this article explores the tenuous relationship between special education and French Second Language (FSL) education, particularly as it manifests in the issue of including students with language-based learning disabilities/difficulties within the French immersion context. Drawing on considerations of these issues…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Teacher Education Programs, Immersion Programs, Learning Disabilities