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Immersion Delayed is Immersion Denied

We welcome comments on French immersion education in New Brunswick; on our analysis of the Croll and Lee NB FSL Report; and on all other discussion and research related to the Government's decision to eliminate EFI.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

More articles and letters

July 10th
Language education discussions on today--Telegraph-Journal
Some education stakeholders don't want to be in spotlight--Daily Gleaner

July 9th
Grown tired of Immersion lies--Times and Transcript
EFI not a cause of illiteracy & EFI changes won't help--Telegraph-Journal
Bad math behind education changes - statistician--Daily Gleaner

July 8th
Few open house visitors, but majority favoured early immersion: Watson--King's County Record
'Rural' and 'poor' not the same & Hold government accountable --Telegraph-Journal
School results symptomatic--Times and Transcript
Trading bilingualism for 'speaking French effectively': In our view: Plan will give a diluted version of French to many, rather than a bilingual education to a few--Editorial--Daily Gleaner (way to go Gleaner--there may be hope for the main NB Papers after all)
French immersion not responsible for N.B.'s literacy woes--OpEd piece by Bruce Roberston--Daily Gleaner

July 7th
Congratulations, Shawn Graham--Miramichi Leader

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Link to review of the Croll and Lee NB FSL report

http://hamlit2008.googlepages.com/

Current and upcoming events

  • Public Consultation--Changes to French Second Language Program--please share your views with NB Department of Education

More important documents

  • CEC Handout for DoE Open House Information Sessions on FSL
  • Ottawa-Carleton District School Board || Final Report || Review of French as a Second Language Programs, Elementary Phase.
  • Report of the Ombudsman into the Minister of Education’s decision to modify the French Second Language Curriculum
  • Report of Current Research on the Efffects of Second Language Learning on First Language Literacy Skills (Bournot-Trites and Tellowitz)
  • Mr. Justice H. H. McLellan's Decision --- Small & Ryan v. New Brunswick (Minister of Education), 2008 NBQB 201
  • CEC Response to Minister Lamrock's Justifications for His FSL Plan
  • Dr. Gene Ouellette's comments on French Immersion, Education, and Politics. Does Anyone Actually Care about the Evidence?
  • Dr. Fred Genesee's comments about Minister Lamrock's plans for FSL training in NB
  • Dr. Joseph Dicks' response to Minister Lamrock's CBC interview May 16th
  • An Alternative Plan for FSL in New Brunswick (Dicks and Kristmanson)
  • The Case for Early French Immersion: a response to J. Doulas Willms (Joseph Dicks)
  • Beyond Hysteria, the facts about FSL and the Lamrock Plan
  • Quality Learning in French Second Language in New Brunswick, A Brief to the Department of Education, by Rehorick et al., 2006.

Other Links

  • 2nd Language Research Institute
  • Care2 petition-Keep Early French Immersion in New Brunswick
  • Cdn Parents for French
  • Citizen Oversight in Public Education
  • Facebook: Save Early French Immersion in Canada's "Bilingual" Province
  • GNB FSL Site
  • Jarche
  • La Maison
  • Ombudsman/Child and Youth Advocate-- General Information: (506) 453-2789 (Mon. to Fri.: 8:30a.m.-4:30 p.m.) AST
  • The Independent

Related Video

  • Feb 27th 2009 CBC EFI Anniversary Report
  • CTV Report on CEC lawsuit against NB government over the termination of EFI
  • CBC Report on CEC lawsuit against NB government over the termination of EFI
  • Bernard Richard, NB Ombudsman, announces full investigation of decision to terminate Early French Immersion in NB
  • CBC Early French Immersion Forum Highlights, March 27, 2008
  • CBC National Coverage of the Fredericton Protest, March 27, 2008
  • Saint John EFI Protest, March 25, 2008, Global Evening News
  • CBC News Live at Six March 20, 2008
  • ATV Report on EFI March 19, 2008
  • The Sackville Protest March to Save Early French Immersion

Blog Archive

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      • This week in EFI, Part IV
      • Taking some time off in Quebec
      • An Open Letter to Anglophones
      • This week in Early French Immersion, Part III
      • Is New Brunswick's unilingual past our future?
      • Are things looking up? Mixed messages
      • Future of French immersion discussed in Fredericton
      • For some comments from inside the Roundtable
      • More articles and letters
      • This Week in Early French Immersion--Part Deux
      • EFI in NB papers (Happy Canada Day)
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