Core French 1200
Senior High Core French 1200 Interim Curriculum Guide Draft 2013 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Acknowledgments The Department of Education acknowledges the teachers and the program specialists who contributed their time, ideas and suggestions during the development of Core French 1200. The Department of Education acknowledges the significant contribution of Dr. Claude Germain and Dr. Joan Netten in developing the High School Core French curriculum for Newfoundland and Labrador. In Chapter 2, they outline the current principles and teaching strategies for the Neurolinguistic Approach. Their expertise with this approach, and with second language learning, has been instrumental in the renewal of Core French programming in Newfoundland and Labrador. Claude Germain, formerly a full professor, now retired from the University of Quebec in Montreal, has a wide experience in the field of teaching and learning of second languages. He has published several books and articles on language teaching, and has given conferences internationally. With Joan Netten, he has conceived a new way to teach second languages, the Neurolinguistic Approach, and has been actively involved in implementing the program, known as Intensive French, in all the provinces and territories of Canada. This approach is also being used to develop new programs for other second languages, including aboriginal languages. Joan Netten, Honorary Research Professor, Faculty of Education, Memorial University, has been involved in teaching and research for French as both a first and a second language. She is the author of a number of articles on language teaching, particularly for immersion, and has served on several governmental committees to improve the teaching of French in Canada. With Claude Germain, she has conceptualised the Neurolinguistic Approach and introduced Intensive French, first of all in Newfoundland and Labrador and subsequently in the rest of Canada.
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