Surrey, Colombie Britannique
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An Examination of Intensive French (Dr. Alina MacFarlane's Report for CASLT)
What is intensive French?

The Surrey School District is pleased to be the first school district in B.C. to offer an innovative, new French program for Grade six students.
Called Intensive French (IF), the program was developed after a three-year, provincially and federally funded research project in Newfoundland and Labrador that concluded in 2001. The study was aimed at improving French language learning and communication abilities of students taking French as part of the regular core curriculum. The study found that in order to learn to communicate in French, students must use French in real conversations for extended periods of time. Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia. Saskatchewan, Alberta and Yukon have also implemented the program.  The Surrey School District offers Intensive French in 5 schools. The program started in 2004 (at the Gr. 5 level), and our first classes will enter Gr. 8 in September 2007.

Program originators
Dr. Joan Netten, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Dr. Claude Germain, Université de Québec à Montréal

06-07-15