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Improving Oral Language in French as a Secondary Language Classrooms Through Sustained Inquiry
We worked on developing a culture of inquiry by examining what inquiry looks like in an FSL classroom across elementary classrooms and by questioning students and each other. We examined strategies found in Making Thinking Visible.
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Using an Action-Oriented Approach for Effective Communication in Secondary Core and Immersion French as a Second Language
Our group discussed listening skills and oral communication in FSL (French) by reading articles, gathering and trying various resources, incorporating technology where appropriate, and developing a document to annotate these strategies and resources.
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The French Immersion Classroom: Enhancing Teaching Practice and Developing Students’ Communication Through Cross-Curricular Balance and the use of Technology
With a focus on the Junior French Immersion classroom (grades 5 and 6), cross-reference curriculum areas taught in French to develop balanced literacy lessons and consistently integrate School Board issued technology (IPADS) into learning activities
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Assessment: Helping Transition French Immersion Students from Intermediate to Secondary
Student achievement was found to have improved when the students were able to reflect on their assessed pieces of work and use these reflections to guide them on subsequent tasks.