French Immersion Programs: New Identities and Recurring Concerns |
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Authors: | Rita Bienvenue |
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Affiliation: | University of Manitoba, Winnipeg |
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Abstract: | This study focuses upon French immersion programs, an educational innovation which seeks to produce bilingual students in Canada. As part of publicly supported school systems, the program recruits from non-French speaking families. Research findings bearing on the nature of the program, its organization and its eventual outcome are examined. Three problems are discussed: availability and accessibility to the program, competition and conflict arising from it and its meaning for French-Canadian communities. |
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