Activities
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The Newfoundland and Labrador Core French program relies heavy on oral communication (80%) and only 20% on written communication (Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Education, 2002). The outcomes are created by the strands of communication, culture and general language education. The activities are planned by looking at these strands (Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Education, 2002).
Learning activities that are based on students’ interests, needs, and desire to communicate
will achieve the best results in a Core French classroom (The Ontario Curriculum Ministry of Education and Training, 1998). Teachers provide students with many activities that interesting, meaningful, and relevant to students. Interviews, oral presentations, playing roles in dramatizations and simulations, dialogues and cooperative games are examples of oral communication activities used by teachers (The Ontario Curriculum Ministry of Education and Training, 1998).
The writing activities in the curriculum serve to support and reinforce the oral introduction of language components. Prewriting activities build a bank of vocabulary, set the context for the topic, and draw on the students’ experience or prior knowledge of a topic. These activities play an important role in helping students develop the ability to write in French. (The Ontario Curriculum Ministry of Education and Training, 1998).
Sources:
Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Education. (2002). Elementary Core French: Grades 4, 5 and 6. A curriculum guide. Retrieved from: http://www.ed.gov.nl.ca/edu/k12/curriculum/guides/corefrench/elementary/Elementary%20Core%20French%20Curriculum%20Guide.pdf
Retrieved from http://www.uni.edu/becker/french31.html
The Ontario Curriculum Ministry of Education and Training 1998 French As a Second Language: Core French Grades 4-8. (1998). Retrieved from http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/fsl48curr.pdf
Learning activities that are based on students’ interests, needs, and desire to communicate
will achieve the best results in a Core French classroom (The Ontario Curriculum Ministry of Education and Training, 1998). Teachers provide students with many activities that interesting, meaningful, and relevant to students. Interviews, oral presentations, playing roles in dramatizations and simulations, dialogues and cooperative games are examples of oral communication activities used by teachers (The Ontario Curriculum Ministry of Education and Training, 1998).
The writing activities in the curriculum serve to support and reinforce the oral introduction of language components. Prewriting activities build a bank of vocabulary, set the context for the topic, and draw on the students’ experience or prior knowledge of a topic. These activities play an important role in helping students develop the ability to write in French. (The Ontario Curriculum Ministry of Education and Training, 1998).
Sources:
Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Education. (2002). Elementary Core French: Grades 4, 5 and 6. A curriculum guide. Retrieved from: http://www.ed.gov.nl.ca/edu/k12/curriculum/guides/corefrench/elementary/Elementary%20Core%20French%20Curriculum%20Guide.pdf
Retrieved from http://www.uni.edu/becker/french31.html
The Ontario Curriculum Ministry of Education and Training 1998 French As a Second Language: Core French Grades 4-8. (1998). Retrieved from http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/fsl48curr.pdf