Official Languages Support Programs Branch

Programmes d'appui aux langues officielles

New Canadian Perspectives The Canadian Experience in the Teaching of Official Languages Proceedings of the Symposium hosted by the Official Languages Support Programs Branch, Department of Canadian Heritage, on May 22-23, 1996. The opinions expressed in this document are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Government of Canada.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Assessment and Challenges

Social Stakes of English and French Teaching in Canada Over the Last 25 Years

• Roger Collet, Assistant Deputy Minister, Citizenship and Canadian Identity, Canadian Heritage
• Jan Finlay, Past President, Canadian Parents for French
• Alan Lombard, Executive Director, Provincial Association of Protestant Teachers of Quebec
• Paul Ruest, Rector, Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface
• Comments

Evolution Of The School - Community - Family Linkages

• Fernand Langlais, Secretary General, Association canadienne d'éducation de langue française
• Roger Arsenault, Director, Centre scolaire et communautaire, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
• Richard Gauthier, Director, Director of the Policy and French-language Education Programs Division, Department of Education, Ontario
• France Levasseur-Ouimet, Professor, Faculté Saint-Jean, University of Alberta
• Tom Matthews, Assistant Director General, Eastern Townships School Board

Major Tendencies in Teaching English and French as Second Languages

• Sharon Lapkin, Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
• Pierre Calvé, Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa
• Alister Cumming, Head, Modern Language Centre, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
• Roy Lyster, Professor, McGill University
• John Trim, Project Director, Modern Languages for European Citizenship, Council of Europe
• Comments

Challenges Of English And French Teaching In A Minority Situation

• Angéline Martel, Professor, Télé-université, Université du Québec
• Benoît Cazabon, Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa
• Raymond Daigle, Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of Education, New Brunswick
• Elaine Freeland, Assistant Deputy Minister, Services to the Anglophone Community, Department of Education, Quebec
• Comments
• Réjean Lachapelle, Director, Demography Division, Statistics Canada
• Brian Harrison, Senior Research Officer, Demography Division, Statistics Canada
• Comments

Teacher Training On The Eve Of The 21^st Century

• Rodrigue Landry, Dean, Faculty of Education, University Of Moncton
• Thérèse Laferrière, Professor, Teaching English as A Second Language Centre, Concordia University
• André Obadia, Professor, Simon Fraser University
• Stan Shapson, Dean of Education, York University
• Claudette Tardif, Dean, Faculté Saint-Jean, University of Alberta
• Palmer Acheson, Professor, Teaching English as a Second Language Centre, University of Concordia
• Comments

Special Presentation on the Occasion of the 25^th Anniversary of Official Languages in Education

• Stacy Churchill, Professor, Modern Language Centre, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Impacts Of Globalization And Technology On Language Learning

• Patsy M. Lightbown, Professor of Applied Linguistics, Teaching English as A Second Language Centre, Concordia University
• Jim Clark, President, Canada Private English Language School Association, Canadian College of English Language
• Jacques Lyrette, Vice-President, Technological and Industrial Support, National Research Council of Canada
• Pierre Pelletier, President, Réseau d'enseignement francophone à distance du Canada, and Director, Continuing Education, University of Ottawa
• Claude Truchot, Professor, Faculté des lettres, Université de Franche-Comté, France
• Comments

Synthesis Of The Symposium

Thanks And Adjournment

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