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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">ESL teachers about to become hot commodity<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The Education Department plans to expand intensive English in Grade 6 to all French public schools over the next five years. It predicts about 1,235 extra teachers will be needed to teach those classes.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The question is: Where will these new teachers come from? Montreal universities that offer teacher training for English as a second language aren't swamped with applications; far from it.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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