Delayed immersion programs are those in which the use of French as a major medium of instruction is delayed until the middle elementary grades usually Grade 4. Late immersion programs postpone intensive use of FSL until the end of primary school or the beginning of secondary school. Immersion education, pioneered in Canada, is internationally recognized as one of the few successful experiments in second-language instruction.
A distinguishing feature of this movement has been the active involvement of parents' groups across Canada. CPF has become a powerful lobby group at all levels of government. Although enrolment in immersion programs has increased significantly over the years, a large majority of English-speaking students in elementary and secondary schools still learn French in the more traditional way, where it is taught as a subject and is not the medium of instruction.
As of , there were some 2,, students enrolled in such programs across Canada. These programs are often referred to as Core French programs and have suffered from the popularity of immersion programs, which tended to get the better teachers assigned to them as well as much of the research funding available. The National Core French Study, a vast inquiry into the state of the teaching of French as a subject matter in Canada and the changes that might be needed to revamp it, addressed these concerns and made a number of recommendations that led to a renewed interest in Core French from the early s on.
This renewed interest can be expected to grow over the years to If French language policies raise questions about Canadian unity and francophone-anglophone relations, the debate over English as a second language has been less political. For immigrants to English-speaking Canada, for example, learning English is a necessary prerequisite for economic survival. It was not until after the Second World War that provincial governments created language and citizenship programs for adult newcomers, that school boards established language classes for immigrant children, and that the growth of community colleges led to the development of post-secondary ESL programs.
No coherent national strategy concerned with the problems of immigrant adaptation has yet been formulated, and immigrant services are still provided by a complex network of school boards, universities and community colleges, and by agencies of the federal and provincial governments. Of particular significance in this area is the contribution to the difficult issues of language proficiency certification and standards of the LINC Language Instruction for New Canadians program.
A wide variety of approaches has been developed to meet the needs of ESL students, but the field is beset by problems which also beset FSL , such as insufficient numbers of teachers and consultants, inadequate teacher training, a paucity of appropriate curricula and materials, and the lack of clear goals. In the late s, with the wave of refugees from Southeast Asia , the inadequacies of the language-training system and of settlement services became apparent.
In , after a national symposium on the problems of adult refugees, the TESL Canada Action Committee urged the development of a national policy of refugee settlement. The committee recommended a two-stage approach in which a basic three-month program would be followed by a variety of vocational options, with special provision being made for literacy training, for English in the workplace and English as a second dialect, and for special groups such as young adults, senior citizens, women and people in remote areas.
Because any federal public service must be available in either official language, many federal public servants must be bilingual. The federal public service has established its own language-training program.
During the year span between the early s and the early s more than 2, public servants annually received language training in French or English in language centres across Canada.
The last few years have been marked by a sharp reduction in the number of courses offered directly through federal language-training centres and a move toward subcontracting second-language courses to commercial language schools.
A century ago, the most popular method of second-language instruction was grammar translation, i. Around , the moderately successful direct method was created. It involved teaching without translation and dispensing with the mother tongue completely in class.
In the s, the audiolingual method i. Since then, a number of new methods have been advocated. One of these emphasized the training of listening abilities through actions total physical response , another the use of psychological relaxation suggestopedia , and a third the use of techniques based on group therapy counselling learning.
In the s, other second-language instruction reformers suggested that more emphasis be placed on the curriculum and on the practical needs and specific purposes of language learners.
There has been an accompanying attempt to ground second-language instruction more thoroughly in the language sciences, e. The most widely used teaching approach since the early s is the communicative approach, where the objective is to have students use their second language in real-life communication situations. The concept of a project is often used in these approaches because the creation of a concrete product by students the production of a game, for instance puts them in a situation where language is used for communication, not as a subject matter.
This is not always easily accomplished, however, and new technologies have been recruited in the search for better instructional techniques. In the s, the language laboratory was created; in the s, microcomputers and videocassette recorders were commonly used as teaching and learning resources. More recently, the advent of multimedia and communication technology has opened seemingly new doors for language teachers and learners. Up to 24 points can be awarded for the applicant's proficiency in a first language English or French.
An additional four points may be awarded for the applicant's proficiency in a second language English or French. The applicant may indicate either English or French language as the first or second language when applying to the program. The minimum threshold is based on Canada's national standards for measuring an individual's language proficiency, known as the Canadian Language Benchmark CLB.
The minimum threshold set for the Federal Skilled Worker Program is CLB level 7, which is defined as "adequate intermediate proficiency". All applicants must include test results with their application in order to claim points under the language skills selection factor. To support language abilities, applicants must include test results from the following organizations:. This course focuses on many English language skills. Students will improve their listening, reading, writing and speaking fluency daily.
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