French as a second language, facilitators' guide for implementing the new program of studies: Professional development manual

112 Pages·1992·4 MB·English

by  Heffernan, Peter J

FRENCH
AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
FACILITATORS GUIDE
9
FOR IMPLEMENTING
THE NEW PROGRAM OF STUDIES
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MANUAL
PC
2065
A3187
1992
LANGUAGE SERWCES /dlberra
EDUCATION
CURRGDHT
Ex
LIBRIS
UNIVERSITATIS
ALBERT/ENSIS
FRENCH
AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
FACILITATORS' GUIDE
FOR IMPLEMENTING
THE NEW PROGRAM OF STUDIES
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MANUAL
ALBERTA
EDUCATION
1992
ALBERTAEDUCATIONCATALOGUINGINPUBLICATIONDATA
Alberta. AlbertaEducation. Language ServicesBranch.
Frenchasasecondlanguage: facilitators'guideforimplementingthenewprogramofstudies:
professionaldevelopmentmanual.
ISBN0-7732-0776-7
1. French language •- Study and teaching - Alberta - Anglophones. 2. French language -
Alberta -- Curricula. 3. School administrators — In-service training — Alberta - Handbooks,
manuals,etc. 4. Teachers--In-servicetraining--Alberta--Handbooks,manuals,etc. I. Title.
TL Title: Facilitators'guideforimplementingthenewprogramofstudies.
PC2012.A333 1992 440.707123
Copyright°1992,theCrowninRightofAlberta,asrepresentedbytheMinisterofEducation. AlbertaEducation,
LanguageServicesBranch,11160JasperAvenue,Edmonton,Alberta,T5K0L2. Allrightsreserved. Additional
copiesmaybeobtainedfromtheLearningResourcesDistributingCentre.
JNIVERSITY LIBRARY
HVERStTY OF ALBERTA
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FrenchasaSecondLanguage
Facilitators'Guide
Contents
Acknowledgements V
Preface vii
Introduction 1
Suggestions for Professional Development and
Implementation ofthe New Program ofStudies
at the Local Level 3
Workshops: Content and Suggested Activities 5
WorkshopsforLocal Facilitators 5
WorkshopsforTeachers 1
WorkshopsforSchoolAdministrators 12
Evaluation ofthe Professional Development Workshop 19
ExampleofaWorkshopEvaluation 20
Bibliography 21
Appendices 25
AppendixA: SupportDocuments 27
AppendixB: BlacklineMastersforLocalFacilitators 29
AppendixC OtherPossibilitiesforContinuing
:
ProfessionalDevelopment 91
AppendixD: ComponentsofaProgramforTeacher
PreparationforFrenchasaSecond Language 93
AppendixE: Resource PersonsforAdviceorDirectAssistance
with LocalProfessional DevelopmentActivities 95
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FrenchasaSecondLanguage
Facilitators'Guide
Acknowledgements
Alberta Educationacknowledgeswithappreciationthevaluable contributions
ofthefollowing individuals:
PrincipalAuthor
Prof. PeterJ. Heffernan, FacultyofEducation,UniversityofLethbridge
ContributingAuthors/Consultants
Ms.Lisa Caouette, EdmontonPublicSchool District(finalrevision)
Dr. WallyLazaruk, Language ServicesBranch,Alberta Education
AppreciationisalsoextendedtoAlbertaEducationRegional Office consultants
Mr. Emile Mandin,Mr. RaymondLamoureux, Mr.VincentGallantandMs.
JanetMaisonneuve, andtothemembersofthe Frenchasa SecondLanguageAd
HocCommitteeforthecommentsandfeedback givenonthefirstdraftofthis
document.
SpecialacknowledgementisalsogiventotheCouncilofMinistersofEducation
forgrantingpermissiontoreprintatablefromanarticleinDialogue 1(3),
,
March 1983.
Aspecialthankyouisextendedtotheeditors ofthisguide, Ms. AnitaJenkins
andMs. HaliaCzar. Sincere appreciationisextendedtoMs. Louise Chady,
SupervisorofDocumentProduction,andparticularlytoMs. CecileComeau,
WordProcessorOperator, forherexpertise inwordprocessing.

FrenchasaSecondLanguage
Facilitators'Guide
Preface
The Facilitators'guideis,firstand foremost, apracticaldocument. However, it
alsotakesnoteoftheexcellenttheoreticalworkandresearchdone on
professionaldevelopmentforsecondlanguageteachers (see Bibliography). We
areseeking,then,totestthesetheoriesandtodesignaprofessional
developmentplanbasedonthemostrelevant,conclusivedataavailable.
Thisguide isnotintendedtobea "howto" manual. Rather, its intentistocater
totheneedsofthefield inavarietyofprofessionaldevelopmentcontexts, i.e.,
fromconsultant/coordinatorsituationstoteacherfacilitators.
Itspracticalnaturewillassistcoordinatorsorteachers(orboth) responsible, on
anadhocbasis,forimplementingthe newprogramofstudies inFrenchasa
secondlanguage inAlberta. Byutilizingthisguide,we hopetoincrease
awarenessofthemultidimensionalapproach,centredoncommunicationskills,
inadditiontopromotingversatileprofessionaldevelopmentplansfocusingon
the implementationoftheprogramofstudies.
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