Canada: Immersion decision misses key language data

[Francis Hult]

Times & Transcript

 

Immersion decision misses key language data

 

Since my two most recent articles detailing "Core French" , "Immersion" and "Intensive French" programs, the French Second Language Commission has released their report, and the Minister of Education has followed up with a decision to scrap Early Immersion, replacing it with Intensive French at Grade 5 for all students in the province. This decision, made very quickly, requires some sober second thought.

 

Not only does the report on which the decision was based contain some serious flaws, but the timeline for implementation may in fact set the new program up for less than stellar performance.

 

Full story:

http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/248694

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