SIN FRASER UNIVERSITY

Summer Semester 2003 ?

EDUC 378/480 - 6

Amin S a ad

1330-16:20

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Designs for

Learning: French as a Second Language!

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Office: EDB 8627

;7600 ?

Developing Skills for Learning & Teching French for the

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Phone:

291-3714

Tuesdays-Thursday (May-June) ?

Classroom ?

asaad@sfu.ca

Thursday (July)

PREREQUISITE:

Education 401/402. Instruction given in English

Premièrement, bienvenue dans le cours! This course on Core French in designed especially for students

participating in the language/culture immersion trip to Quebec. We will begin by reviewing the foundations of

Core French teaching in Canada. We will critically examine assumptions about language and learning underlying

current approaches to teaching a second language. We will review the literature in second language education

related to Core French teaching and discuss new developments in second language theory, research and practice.

Through a variety of directed large group, small cooperative group, and individual activities, we will draw on our

knowledge and background experiences, explore our second language learning processes and work on classroom

strategies that can be applied to teaching French as a second language. Current curriculum documents and

materials for Core French will be analyzed in light of recent advances in this field.

OUTLINE OF TOPICS

Developments in second language theory and research

History of the multidimensional Core French curriculum

Assumptions underlying communicative-experimental approaches in Core French

Contexts and processes in second language learning

Supporting literacy in a second language

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onding to interlanguage and language errors

1 uaching to diversity in second language classrooms

Critical assessment of teaching materials for Core French

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

EDUC 480

Reading response log - 40%

Resource portfolio & lesson plans - 40%

Participation - 20%

EDUC 378

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designs for learning FSL related to your Québec experience - 40%

Critical and thoughtful reflexion on your language experience in Québec (journal) - 40%

Participation - 20%

RECOMMENDED PRACTICAL TEXTS

Shrum, J., & Glisan, E. (2000).

Teacher's handbook: Contextualized language teaching.

Second Edition.

Boston, Mass: Heinle & Heinle Publishers.

Jean, G. (1996).

Avec Brio: guide pratique de communication.

Scarborough, ON: Prentice-Hall. OSBN

0-13-569245

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Edwards, V., & Rehorick, S. (1994). A touch of class! Practical teaching tips for second language teachers at

the secondary level.

Welland, ON: The Canadian Modern Language Review. ISBN 0-9691796

An updated reference list will be provided at the first class. Readings will be made available in the