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Title: Elementary Core French: Bonjour et BIENVENUE!


1
Elementary Core French Bonjour et BIENVENUE!
  • A webcast for Core French Teachers
  • Produced by the
  • B.C. Ministry of Education and the
  • Richmond School District, SD38

2
Bienvenue!
  • Introductions
  • Joanne Jenkins, Ministry of Education
  • Timma Blain, Prince George SD57
  • Kelly Burt, SFU
  • Pam Haynes, Maple Ridge SD42
  • Diane Tijman, Richmond SD38

3
Our goals
  • Build on our understandings
  • Value of second language learning
  • Curriculum foundations
  • Explore
  • Share strategies, activities and tools to support
    you in your teaching
  • Observe
  • Discuss
  • Reflect and Plan

4
Visual synectics
  • Teaching French is like
  • because.

5
Our burning questions
  • Richmond SD38 teachers
  • Sarah Beairsto, Denise Chambers,
  • Sara Lai

6
Our questions about planning
  • How do you plan a unit?
  • Where can I find resources books?
  • Is it better to provide French instruction in two
    forty minute blocks per week or is daily
    integration of ten to twenty minutes enough or
    better?

7
Questions about instruction
  • What importance do you put on reading writing
    vs listening speaking?
  • Whats the best way to use flashcards?
  • Can you share some Readers Theatre scripts
    appropriate for beginners?
  • How do you integrate culture?
  • What are some good games or songs that kids like?

8
Questions about language
  • When introducing vocabulary, is it best to have
    students guess what the word means, look it up in
    a dictionary, or tell them the meaning?
  • Should I teach verb conjugations? If so, do I
    teach them before key vocabulary so that students
    can make up their own sentences?

9
French language culture
  • How do you teach the language when you dont know
    it yourself?
  • How do I find guest speakers that could come to
    my class? What about links with Fr. Immersion
    students?
  • How can I improve my French language skills?

10
Questions about assessment
  • How do I assess their French? Because they are
    just beginning, and because of the nature of the
    curriculum, I want to base my marks mostly on
    oral participation and skills, but I have no idea
    how to assess them.
  • What should I expect my students to know in order
    that they are prepared for high school?
  • What do they do at the beginning of Grade 8?

11
Think - pair - share
  • In groups of 2-3, discuss
  • The most important question for me is.
  • A question I still have about.

12
Joanne Jenkins, BC MOE
13
The communicative approach
  • Video clip of Karen Lins Grade 5/6 class at
    Ferris Elementary, Richmond, SD38
  • While watching, think about
  • What aspects of Karens teaching enhance language
    acquisition?
  • What do you notice about the students?

14
People search
15
Kelly Burt, SFU
16
Pause-café
  • Please be back at 230.
  • Merci!

17
Pam Haynes, SD42
18
Timma Blain, SD57
19
Heres What! So What? Now What?
Heres What! So What? Now What?

20
Time for reflection and planning
  • When teaching French, I know that.
  • Today I noticed that.
  • I wonder if.
  • In my classroom, Im going to try .

21
Have we answered our questions?
  • A review of questions collected earlier

22
And what do the children say?
  • Video of Francesca Juhaszs Grade 5/6 class at
    Grauer Elementary, Richmond, SD38

23
Other documents
  • - Websites and other resources document
  • www.bctf.ca/bcatml/
  • www.caslt.org
  • www.langcanada.ca
  • www.jexplore.ca
  • Whats important in teaching French
  • Pronunciation tips

24
Quelques remerciements
  • Joanne Jenkins, Ministry of Education

25
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