Reporter went to Middlebury Immersion School.
"There are more francophones in Congo than in Belgium or Switzerland… If French is the language of Molière, Balzac, and Camus, it is also the language of Aimé Césaire, Léopold Senghor, and Mariama Bâ. By 2050, French could be the most spoken language…"
In 2025, our #DiscoveringLanguages series sets off on a journey across Canada to discover languages that have a significant presence in different provinces & territories. 🌎
We start with an Indigenous language native to a special group of islands, Haida Gwaii! #langsky www.caslt.org/en/blog-disc...
En 2025, notre série #Découvrirleslangues se lance dans un voyage à travers le Canada pour découvrir des langues qui ont une présence importante dans une diversité de provinces & de territoires.
Nous commençons avec une langue autochtone native de Haida Gwaii! #langsky www.caslt.org/fr/blogue-de...
Wouldn’t it be incredible to have one place where we could all come together to chat about French immersion? Presently, we have silos: Canadian Parents for French, ACPI’s FI Administrators Zone, CASLT & Facebook groups for FI educators. I invite you to join our FI Community! bsky.app/start/did:pl...
Showcase meeting January 21: Retention and integration of immigrant teachers : challenges, success factors and solutions: tnfls-ntfsl.ca/en/event/ret...
FSL teachers! This series is a great way to teach several curricular competencies. It allows for fun dialogue between students who take the roll of Arlo or Pips. I use this in French 11 and yes, the big kids love it. Ps. The info learnt above crows is also awesome!
Sign up now to receive your FREE class sets of our upcoming Kayak issue highlighting the Canadian experience during the Cold War 🧊🧊🥶. Also available in French. www.canadashistory.ca/education/ka... #PoliticalHistory #eduhist #canhistory #cdnhist #cdnhistory #canadianhistory
Looking for brain breaks? Check out our collection of ideas for every grade level: https://edut.to/4fXJ8ow
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Have used so many of Elise Gravel's free posters in my classrooms over the years. Love using them with my virutal tutoring clients, too. Such powerful visuals to each such important concepts.
Merci à @elisegravel.bsky.social
elisegravel.com/livres/affic...
#edusky #langsky #MFLBlueSKy
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT WRITING UP ONE OF YOUR GREAT LESSONS, OR SHARING YOUR REFLECTIONS ABOUT YOUR ELA WORK IN YOUR CLASSROOM?
WE WOULD LOVE TO PUBLISH YOUR WRITING IN OUR ENGLISH PRACTICE JOURNAL!
Email your questions and/or your writing to englishpracticejournal@gmail.com
Some of our presenters have shared their resources. Check out our Conferences page to view them for your own professional growth. bctela.ca/conferences/
#FrenchTeachers, you know that I have worked on this for over 13 years to support everyone with resources from around the Francophone world. Please share and contribute! My heart and soul need a win this week. Merci!
Venn diagram: cat + water = castle (say it in French to get the joke)
IYKYK #Frenchteachers
Source: Language Nerds
A big thank you to @alicekeeler.com for joining this week's episode of the Easy EdTech Podcast!
We talk all about #EduSky and what Bluesky can provide educators.
Check it out on the blog (there is a play button) or find it on your favorite podcast app!
classtechtips.com/2024/12/10/e...
Used @padlet.com to generate short texts of balanced meals from around the world for my #adulted CLIC students. Then, repurposed it for my food lessons for my beginner French students, in class and private tutoring clients.
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#mfl #french #frenchlessons #frenchresources
What do we do when conspiracy theories enter the classroom? How do we help young people to think critically, evaluate evidence, and weigh truth claims?
What is the role of #HistoryEducation in fostering understanding of how we know what we know about the past?
Hope this 🧵 & resources might help.
Canadian history teachers! This is a great opportunity for professional development on historical thinking. I’ve done two of their institutes in the past and they’ve provided me with fantastic resources to use in the classroom #bced
Grateful if you could please add me!
Hey #langchat friends! I made a list of people who used to be part of the Twitter langchat community. Check it out: bsky.app/profile/did:... #iTeachWL
Share your favorite, preferably easy-prep, activities for language classes using dice! #langchat
🫶Dr. Mary Joyce Booth, a dedicated FSL educator & CPF supporter, she gave youth the chance to learn & use French her focus & made a generous gift to CPF.
🤲 You too can contribute & empower the next generation of leaders with French. #fsl #fls Visit:
🔗https://cpf.ca/en/cpf-giving-tuesday-campaign/
🔍 Explore the CPF Magazine, a wealth of ressources just waiting to be found. #fsl
📄 Today’s featured article: La guerrière du français
🔗 cpf.ca/en/cpf-magaz...
🔍 Explorez le magazine CPF, une mine de ressources qui ne demande qu'à être découverte. #fls
Appel à communications : Congrès de l’ACL 2025 Call for papers: 2025 CLA conference
Appel à communications : Congrès de l’ACL 2025 //
Call for papers: 2025 CLA conference
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#linguistics #linguistique #language #langage #langues #grammar #grammaire
Finding FluentUFrench so useful for teaching all levels of French. Included this link with my Food lesson today - so happy the 🎧 audio files were embedded right in the article
fluentu.com/blog/french/...
#fsl #frenchresources
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24 strategies to support #multilingual students in mainstream lessons:
📌easy to implement
📌effective
📌adaptive
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#EAL #edusky
Who is the happiest person you know? The Globe wants to hear your nominations: Happiness Reporter Erin Anderssen is embarking on a project to interview the ‘happiest people in Canada,’ nominated by the people who know them best, through work, friendship and family
“Will my FRENCH IMMERSION dyslexic child struggle to learn to read in both French and English?” Parents often pose this question prior to withdrawing their child from the FI program, hoping that a switch to English will be the answer. This is rarely the case. www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/life...
