Program


8:15 - 8:45
Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:45
Introduction and Plenary
9:50 - 10:40
Research and Educational Implications
André Obadia, British Columbia
Existence et accroissement de différents types de programmes d'immersion dans le monde mais en même temps ralentissement du phénomène au Canada.

Alina McFarlane, Ontario
Brief interethnic exchanges and classroom language learning

Sharon Lapkin, Ontario
How tasks make a difference: Some insights from adolescent immersion learners' writing

Mari Wesche, Ontario
French Immersion: How exportable is the Canadian model?

Sylvie Blain, New Brunswick
L'impact de la rétroaction verbale des pairs sur l'amélioration des compositions des élèves de 5e année en immersion française

10:40 - 11:00
Break
11:00 - 11:50
Research and Educational Implications
Birgit Harley/Gladys Jean, Ontario
Word analysis skills: The role of age, French proficiency and exposure

Miles Turnbull, Ontario
Understanding four teachers' uses of French and English in core French classrooms

Larry Vandergrift/Claire Bélanger, Ontario
The National Core French Assessment Project/Le projet pancanadien en évaluation en français langue seconde: Development, Field-testing and Implementation of formative Evaluation Instruments

Roy Lyster, Quebec
Negotiation of Form and Meaning in Immersion Classroom Discourse

11:50 - 1:00
Lunch
(Connaught St. Elementary School Choir)
1:00 - 1:50
Pedagogical Innovations
Thierry Karsenti, Quebec
La motivation de l'élève bilingue à apprendre le français en immersion : stratégies pédagogiques exemplaires d'enseignants du primaire

Joan Netten & Claude Germain, Nfld./Que.
Intensive Core French in Newfoundland and Labrador

John Erskine, Manitoba
Developing Technology Enhanced Language Learning Activities: the CASLT Project

Bernard Laplante, Saskatchewan
Apprendre en sciences c'est apprendre à « parler sciences »; des élèves de l'immersion parlent des réactions chimiques

1:50 - 2:10
Break
2:10 - 3:00
Panel Discussions
Issues in Second Language Teacher Education, Chair: Joe Dicks, New Brunswick

Professional Associations: Synergy and collaboration, Chair: Donald Teel, Manitoba

Departments of Education: Programs and Projects, Chair: Richard Rice, N.B.

3:15 - 4:15
Plenary - Today and Tomorrow
4:30 - 5:15
AGM : CAIT
5:15 - 6:00
AGM : CASLT
6:00 - 7:00
Cocktail
Live Jazz Trio