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Direct linkRosborough, Trish; Rorick, chuutsqa Layla; Urbanczyk, Suzanne – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2017
British Columbia (BC), Canada, is home to 34 Indigenous languages, all of them classified as endangered. Considerable work is underway by First Nation communities to revitalize their languages. Linguists classify many of the languages of BC as polysynthetic, meaning that words are composed of many morphemes, or units of meaning. While strong…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Maintenance, Canada Natives, American Indian Languages
Austin, Zubin; Dean, Marie Rocchi – American Journal of Distance Education, 2006
The use of distance education for clinical skills development in the health professions has not been extensively described, due in part to the intensive nature of the relationship between the patient and practitioner. In the context of pharmacy practice, there are specific needs to develop new vehicles for clinical skills education due to growing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Fluency, Rural Areas, Pharmacy
Peer reviewedMorgan, Brian – TESOL Journal, 1996
Focuses on using the community as an environment in which to teach English as a Second Language (ESL) in a socially responsive way. The article points out that many ESL classes exist for social reasons and that these reasons need to be foregrounded for effective language instruction to proceed. The article also discusses the role played by course…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Course Objectives, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language)
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Ontario students learning English as a Second Language (ESL) face serious challenges and inequities. Students are ineligible for ESL support after having been in Canada for 3 years, regardless of their ability to communicate (although the government's own ESL curriculum states that students may require from 5-7 years to acquire sufficient English…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Travers, Claudia S.; Reilly, Joseph T. M. – 1979
A foreign travel program for eighth grade French language students from Shoreham, New York was developed to provide language speaking practice in Quebec, Canada. The program was designed to allow students to spend as much time as possible speaking the language and interacting with the people. The following "survival through speaking"…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Education, Cultural Exchange, Field Trips
Conseil des Colleges, Quebec (Quebec). – 1990
The quality of language is a matter of concern in numerous educational systems throughout the world. In Quebec, questions of the health of both the French and English languages take on particular importance. This report makes a series of proposals to the Ministry of Higher Education and Science designed to ensure the coherence and quality of…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Instruction, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
