Canada: N.B. teachers, parents cope with loss of early French immersion

[Francis Hult]

CBC

 

N.B. teachers, parents cope with loss of early French immersion

 

New Brunswick parents and teachers are scrambling to adjust to the government's announcement on Friday that early French immersion programs in the province will be eliminated this fall.

 

While French immersion teachers worry about their jobs, some parents are calling the francophone school district asking if they can enrol their children.

 

Saint John resident Tim Jackson said Monday he wants his children to be fluent in French. His daughter is already in her third year of French immersion. His son, Simon - who's in kindergarten now - planned to join her in the fall.
 
"Since his sister's been in school he's been proudly telling anybody who will listen that he already knows French from listening to his sister, and [he] will count out a few numbers and say bonjour and au revoir," Jackson said.

 

He said his family may try switching into the francophone school system.

 

Full story:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2008/03/17/immersion-gone.html

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