DOCUMENT RESUME ED 429 462 FL 025 814 TITLE The Canadian Experience in the Teaching of Official Languages. Proceedings of the Symposium on the Canadian Experience in the Teaching of Official Languages (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 22-23, 1996). INSTITUTION Canadian Heritage, Ottawa (Ontario). ISBN ISBN-0-662-25323-X PUB DATE 1997-00-00 NOTE 182p.; 1996). PUB TYPE Collected Works Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC08 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Educational Technology; Educational Trends; *English; English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; *French; Information Technology; *Language Minorities; Language Teachers; *Official Languages; *Second Language Instruction; *Second Languages; Teacher Education; Technological Advancement; Trend Analysis IDENTIFIERS *Canada ABSTRACT Symposium panel presentations on teaching official languages (French and English) in Canada include: "Social Stakes of English and French Teaching in Canada Over the Last 25 Years" (Roger Collet, Jan Finlay, Alan Lombard, Paul Ruest); "Evolution of the School-Community-Family Linkages" (Fernand Langlais, Roger Arsenault, Richard Gauthier, France Levasseur-Ouimet, Tom Matthews) ;"Major Tendencies in Teaching English and French as Second Languages" (Sharon Lapkin, Pierre Calve, Alister Cumming, Roy Lister, John Trim); "Challenges of English and French Teaching in a Minority Situation" (Angeline Martel, Benoit Cabazon, Raymond Daigle, Elaine Freeland, Rejean Lachappelle, Brian Harrison) ;"Teacher Training on the Eve of the 21st Century" (Rodrigue Landry, Therese Laferriere, Andre Obadia, Stan Shapson, Claudette Tardif, Palmer Acheson); "Special Presentation on the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary of Official Languages in Education" (Stacy Churchill); and "Impacts of Globalization and Technology of Language Learning" (Patsy M. Lightbown, Jim Clark, Jacques Lyrette, Pierre Pelletier, Claude Truchot) .A synthesis of the symposium (Jean-Bernard Lafontaine) is also included.(MSE) ******************************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * ******************************************************************************** 0, 1 401 a a U S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement OPP' EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND CENTER (ERIC) balm DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS This document has been reproduced as BEEN GRANTED BY received from the person or organization originating it 0 Minor changes have been made to mitbag_LOXeqe.../_ improve reproduction quality Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent _ TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES official OERI position or policy AOL INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) -'1111111111111r BEST COPY AVAILABLE 2 The Canadian Experience in the Teaching of Official Languages 1_1111111/ 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. Canadian Cataloguing in Publications Data Symposium on the Canadian Experience in the Teaching of Official Languages (1996: Ottawa,Ont.) The Canadian Experience in the Teaching of Official Languages Issued also in French under the title: Actes du Symposium sur l'expérience canadienne de l'enseignement des langues officielles. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-662-25323-X Cat. no. S53-33/1996E 1. French language -- Study and teaching -- Canada -- Congresses. 2. English language -- Study and teaching -- CanadaCongresses. 3. French language -- Study and teachingAllophonesCanada Congresses. 4. English languageStudy and teaching -- Allophones -- Canada Congresses. 5. Bilinguism Canada -- Congresses. 6. Language Policy -- Canada -- Congresses. I. Canada. Canadian Heritage. Official Languages Support Programs. II.Title. PC3607.S9513 1997 306.44'971 C97-980089-7 Table of Contents Foreword 1 Assessment and Challenges 7 Social Stakes of English and French Teaching in Canada Over the Last 25 Years.... 11 Roger Collet, Assistant Deputy Minister, Citizenship and Canadian Identity, Canadian Heritage 13 Jan Finlay, Past President, Canadian Parents for French 17 Alan Lombard, Executive Director, Provincial Association of Protestant Teachers of Quebec21 Paul Ruest, Rector, College universitaire de Saint-Boniface 25 Comments 29 Evolution Of The School - Community - Family Linkages 41 Fernand Langlais, Secretary General, Association canadienne d'éducation de langue frangaise 43 Roger Arsenault, Director, Centre scolaire et communautaire, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia 44 Richard Gauthier, Director, Director of the Policy and French-language Education Programs Division, Department of Education, Ontario 47 France Levasseur-Ouimet, Professor, Faculté Saint-Jean, University of Alberta 50 Tom Matthews, Assistant Director General, Eastern Townships School Board 53 Major Tendencies in Teaching English and French as Second Languages 57 Sharon Lapkin, Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education 59 Pierre Calve, Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa 59 Alister Cumming, Head, Modern Language Centre, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education 63 Roy Lyster, Professor, McGill University 67 John Trim, Project Director, Modern Languages for European Citizenship, Council of Europe 70 Comments 74 Challenges Of English And French Teaching In A Minority Situation 79 Angeline Martel, Professor, Télé-université, Université du Québec 81 Benoit Cazabon, Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa 82 Raymond Daigle, Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of Education, New Brunswick 89 Elaine Freeland, Assistant Deputy Minister, Services to the Anglophone Community, Department of Education, Quebec 94 Comments 98 Rejean Lachapelle, Director, Demography Division, Statistics Canada 102 Brian Harrison, Senior Research Officer, Demography Division, Statistics Canada 103 Comments 107 5 Teacher Training On The Eve Of The 21g Century 109 Rodrigue Landry, Dean, Faculty of Education, University Of Moncton 111 Thérèse Laferrière, Professor, Teaching English as A Second Language Centre, Concordia University 112 André Obadia, Professor, Simon Fraser University 115 Stan Shapson, Dean of Education, York University 121 Claudette Tardif, Dean, Faculté Saint-Jean, University of Alberta 124 Palmer Acheson, Professor, Teaching English as a Second Language Centre, University of Concordia 128 Comments 131 Special Presentation on the Occasion of the 25' Anniversary of Official Languages in Education 141 Stacy Churchill, Professor, Modern Language Centre, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education 143 Impacts Of Globalization And Technology On Language Learning 155 Patsy M. Lightbown, Professor of Applied Linguistics, Teaching English as A Second Language Centre, Concordia University 157 Jim Clark, President, Canada Private English Language School Association, Canadian College of English Language 158 Jacques Lyrette, Vice-President, Technological and Industrial Support, National Research Council of Canada 161 Pierre Pelletier, President, Réseau d'enseignement francophone a distance du Canada, and Director, Continuing Education, University of Ottawa 165 Claude Truchot, Professor, Faculté des lettres, Université de Franche-Comté, France 168 Comments 172 Synthesis Of The Symposium 179 Jean-Bernard Lafontaine, Provincial Director, New Brunswick, Canadian Heritage 181 Thanks And Adjournment 185 6 Canadian Experience in Official Languages Teaching / 1 Foreword The Symposium whose Proceedings are presented here took place under the auspices of the Department of Canadian Heritage on May 22 and 23, 1996, at the Conference Centre in Ottawa. Its titleand hence its themewas Symposium on the Canadian Experience in the Teaching of Official Languages. The former Department of the Secretary of State had several objectives in organizing the Symposium, to which I refer here in no particular order of priority. It wanted, first of all, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Official Languages in Education Program. Since the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism (B&B), which met for the first time on September 4, 1963, under the co-chairmanship of André Laurendeau and Davidson Dunton, issued its major recommendations, the events, innovations, measures and initiatives that would gradually and in the end change Canada's linguistic profile have been legion. It is not my purpose to list them in chronological order but to attempt to understand their significance. These activities took their inspiration from both a political ideal and a social objectiveone might say a societal project. We cannot help but recall too that they were accompanied by repeated calls for radical changes to the fabric of a country that now seemed to favour officially the principle of bilingualism in a nation that used two languages and wanted henceforth to do so in a spirit of equity characterized by precise rules, a systematic policy and an enlightened discipline. I am not referring here to majority support, but to support, to pressure strong enough to become irresistible.This in itself is a strong point.In the life of Canada, it is a turning point. In the realm of politics, journalism, sociology, the community, the minority, at all levels, the concept of equality was invoked and seen as desirable: In our opinion, the dominating idea in our terms of reference was "equal