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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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LEARNING ASSISTANCE FOR FRENCH IMMERSION

SUMMER SESSION 1990

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Instructor: Lyne Legault

Location: S.F.U.

August 1h=.2- 7/

(Monday to Saturday)

8:30 to 12:20

Pre-requisites:

Certified practicing teacher. Fluency in French: oral and written.

Course Description:

This course is intended for practising teachers of French Immersion

and Programme-cadre de français. The sessions are designed to

provide the participant with the understanding that detection,

evaluation, and re-education can occur in their classroom.

Content:

1.

Identification of learning disabilities;

2.

Evaluation and interpretation of results;

3.

Design of the re-education program;

4.

Use of resource materials (games, computor....);

5.

Teaching strategies: co-operative learning and integration of

content of language.

Evaluation:

There will be two minor assignments: keeping a journal as well as

the preparation of activities and/or material related to the learning

difficulty.

The participants must also submit a report from the reading list

which will be distributed during the first session.

Additional Readings:

Mann, P.H., Suiter, P.A., McClung, R.H., Handbook in Diagnostic

Teaching. Allyn & Bacon.

Giasson, J., Thénault, J., Apprentissage et enseignement de la lecture.

Editions Ville-Marie.