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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Amin Saad

Email: asaada@slu.ca ?

Phone: 604-941-6554

Tuesday & Thursday 17:30-19:20 EDB 8620F

PREREQUISITE:

French 301, 304, 370 or equivalent.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course is for students who may be contemplating becoming teachers of Core French at the secondary

level, or for intermediate and middle school generalists who want the necessary preparation to teach Core

French in their school setting. The general objective of the course is to help prospective French teachers to

better understand Canadian bilingualism, its historical, sociopolitical and cultural context, to acquire

knowledge about principles of second language pedagogy as well as to gain basic understanding of French

programs' objectives and contents.

The language of instruction will be mostly English and French will be used gradually in some class

activities.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

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To prepare students for the career of Core French teacher.

2)

To help students understand the context of French second language teaching in Canada, and in

particular in B.C. elementary and secondary schools.

3)

To enable students to gain knowledge of some current principles of French second language teaching,

as well as to explore summarily programs'objectives and contents.

Topics will include:

1)

Understanding of the socio-political background of bilingualism in Canada.

2)

Understanding of the different educational settings for bilingual education in Canada (and, for

comparison, in other parts of the world).

3)

Introduction to modern principles of language teaching and learning through an overview of current

research findings.

4)

Introduction to the French curriculum through a survey of the aims, objectives and contents of Core

French programs in elementary and secondary schools.

5)

Basics of some teaching principles of French as a second language.

6)

Elaboration of a personalized language portfolio unit.

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Assignments and Evaluation:

Reading response log and personal journal

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Participation and attendance

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Language Resource Portfolio Unit & Presentation

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40%

REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS, MATERIALS AND E-MAIL:

• Ministry of Education. (2001).Core French IRP Grades 1-12. Victoria, BC: Queen's Printer (New

Edition).

• Jean, G. (1996). Avec Brio: guide pratique de communication. Scarborough, ON: Prentice-Hall.

ISBN 0-13-5692458

• Course package of readings - available in the CET (Centre for Educational Technology) for you to

photocopy.

• French-English dictionary (beginners) or French only (advanced).

• Bescherelle - L'art de conjuguer des verbes.

• Colored unscented felts.

• An activated SFU e-mail account - see Academic Computer

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