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    SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
    EDUCATION 384-3 AND 385-3
    SPECIAL TOPIC:
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    IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FSL CURRICULUM IN THE
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    INTERMEDIATE CLASSROOM (CR. 4-10) ?
    (E3.00)
    Fall Semester, 1991
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    Instructor: Cynthia Lewis
    (September 3— November 29)
    Locations: Okanagan, Surrey, Nelson,
    Kamloops, Fernie, Vancouver,
    Campbell River, Chilliwack
    PREREQUISITES
    Attendance at one of seven 3-5 day regional FSL Institutes at Surrey, Vancouver,
    Kamloops, Kelowna, Fernie, Nelson and Chilliwack.
    DESCRIPTION OF COURSE
    The course is intended for teachers who wish to develop strategies for implementing the
    new FSL curriculum into their educational program. As much as possible and
    depending on the level of French of the participants, the course will be conducted in
    French so that participants may practice their French language skills.
    OBJECTIVES
    a)
    To review major approaches to second language acquisition in order to understand
    the objectives of the new FSL curriculum.
    b)
    To develop strategies for the implementation of the FSL curriculum in light of the
    principles of language acquisition discussed in the literature.
    c)
    To practice specific strategies and organize specific learning sequences in the
    classroom which reflect (a) and (b) above and reflect on the success of these
    strategies.
    REQUIRED READINGS
    a)
    Case R. (1990).
    Implementation through
    informed
    reflection.
    Simon Fraser
    University.
    b)
    Comet materials
    c)
    Selected articles on implementation
    d)
    Articles on FSL to be selected by Cynthia Lewis and Razika Sanaoui
    STUDENT ASSIGNMENTS
    Activities:
    Group sessions (number and length to be determined) to explore the following
    aspects following the principles of curricular implementation.
    a)
    the principles of second language acquisition
    b)
    goals and objectives of the B.C. FSL curriculum
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    strategies and processes appropriate to the second language context
    d)
    strategies to integrate FSL and the other subject areas
    e)
    application of the principles of language acquisition to the second language
    context
    f)
    strategies of co-operative learning in the second language context
    Classroom practice:
    Participants will plan, teach and evaluate FSL learning experiences in their own
    classrooms. They will work together during group sessions to reflect on these
    experiences. With the co-operation of the school districts involved, there may be
    opportunities to set up support groups for peer coaching sessions during these
    experiences.
    STUDENT ASSESSMENT AND GRADING PROCEDURE
    Evaluation will be based on attendance, readings, participation, the self-evaluations of
    the participants and the following assignments, as described in the Comet materials:
    a)
    an implementation project
    b)
    an ongoing double entry journal
    c)
    a summarizing reflections paper

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