French Consul General Anne-Claire Legendre hosted a breakfast roundtable on French dual language programs in NYC schools, with Consuls and top diplomats from Belgium, Quebec, Madagascar, Haiti, Senegal, Switzerland, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Monaco. Continue reading “Roundtable on French Dual Language Education in NYC Schools”
Here is my latest contribution to Heritage Language Education in the U.S. written with Jane Ross, Joseph Dunn, Lauren Ducrey, and Julia Schulz: “Sustainability of French Heritage Language Education in the United States” published in Handbook of Research and Practice in Heritage Language Education by Springer International Handbooks of Education. Continue reading “Sustainability of French Heritage Language Education in the United States – New Book Chapter Published by Springer”
Je me suis récemment entretenu avec le fil du biLingue au sujet du développement des filières bilingues français-anglais à New York. J’y présente les particularités de ce dispositif et les défis auxquels ces filières doivent aujourd’hui faire face pour répondre à une demande en pleine expansion. Continue reading “[FR] “Révolution bilingue à New York”, une interview par Le fil du biLingue”
Last weekend, I participated at the 6th International Conference on Immersion and Dual Language Education: Connecting Research and Practice Across Contexts organized by the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The CARLA conference was an impressive gathering of bilingual and immersion educators in Minneapolis. Patricia C. Gándara, Research Professor of Education, UCLA, spoke about the labor market advantage to bilingualism in the United States. Dr. Myrian (Mimi) Met presented an international panel on bilingual and immersion education in the United States, with speakers from Brazil, Canada, Ireland, Estonia, Finland, and Spain.
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I visited an impressive French immersion school in Minnesota: Normandale elementary school in Edina.
Normandale is a K–5 French immersion elementary school with more than 600 students. Normandale follows the same curriculum as that of the other elementary schools in Edina. However, all curricular content is in French and English. Finding my way around the school was easy as all signs were in French: in the classrooms, in the hallways, and even in the cafeteria!
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Middle School 256 in Manhattan (154 West 93rd Street, New York, NY) was awarded the Label FrancEducation by the French Government for its successful French dual language program.
The ceremony took place at M.S. 256 on September 22, 2016 in the presence of Brigitte Ayrault, wife of Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, Bénédicte de Montlaur, Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy in the United States, and Kareen Rispal, Director of the Americas at French Ministry of Foreign Affairs who gave the award to Brian Zager, principal of the school.
Continue reading “French Government Awards M.S. 256 in New York with Label “FrancEducation””French Minister André Vallini awarded the Label FrancEducation to P.S. 110 The Monitor School in Greenpoint, Brooklyn and its principal, Anna Cano Amato.
Created in 2011, the label is given to schools that champion the French language and cultures of the French-speaking world by providing successful French Dual Language programs. Continue reading “French Minister Vallini awards Label “FrancEducation” to P.S. 110 in Brooklyn”
I was interviewed by Steve Norman for a Burlington cable TV channel. The City Council of Burlington, VT is promoting French friendliness towards its visitors, and a French dual language program is being considered for one of the local elementary schools. I spoke about my background in bilingual education, presented a few examples of dual language programs in Utah, Massachusetts, and New York, and talked about the Bilingual Revolution -both the movement and the book that I am currently writing. I also discussed various options to consider when implementing a French dual language program. Continue reading “Burlington, VT: A City’s Strategy to Develop Economically through Language Education”
This morning, we celebrated the graduation of the 5th graders at New York French American Charter SchoolNew York French American Charter School (NYFACS) in Harlem.
New York French American Charter School Principal Marc Maurice delivered a touching speech in honor of the first cohort to have attended NYFACS from Kindergarten to 5th grade. Continue reading “The 2016 New York French American Charter School Graduation”
Today we celebrated the 5th grade graduates of P.S. 58 and P.S. 84’s French dual language programs at the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York. What an emotional graduation! Congratulations to all the 5th grade students! Continue reading “Graduation Ceremony for P.S.58 and P.S. 84 students at the French Embassy in New York”
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