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

[Harold Schiffman]

 Forwarded From: edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


CBC



New Brunswick 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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