- Teacher Resources -

MATF EVENTS CALENDAR, now available!

Feel free to download our latest School Events Calendar. This calendar is a great French resource and provides teachers with ideas while keeping them up-to-date with current events. Stuck on what topic to fill you day with? The calendar is your answer.

Please note: This calendar is best when printed on 11 x 17 sheets.

MATF SCHOOL EVENTS CALENDAR   (pdf 1.2 mb)

À vos marques, prêts, partez!
À vos marques, prêts, partez! is a useful guide for new (and experienced) teachers alike. Developed in Manitoba and the fruit of a collaborative effort, the bilingual guide offers essential information and strategies supporting communicative teaching and learning as well as the integration of cultural activities in the classroom. Core French teachers from across Canada can benefit from the tried and true ideas set out in this attractive guide.

À vos marques, prêts, partez! - PDF (2.6 mb)

Greg Sametz and Judy Bilenki

Greg Sametz has held a variety of roles in his teaching career,French Consultant ,Second Language consultant and Principal to name just a few highlights. Greg is also the recipient of the MATF Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007 for his years of dedicated service..to second language learning. His knowledge has been highlighted in this document.We look forward to hearing from him at this presentation.

Judy Bilenki is currently employed as the second language consultant at St.James Assiniboia in the St.James school division. Judy is well known throughout the province for her outstanding teaching. In the past she has worked at BEF as the second language consultant and has held the position of President of MATF. She is known as a master teacher who shared her knowledge in this document.We look forward to hearing from her at this presentation.

We are pleased to have them with us to share their knowledge and explain how this excellent document can be used in the Basic French classroom

French for life - Promotional Presentations, Tools and materials
These discs (DVD and CDROM) were designed to help promote and support French second language in your school or community. Contents unclude: lesson plans, worksheets, brochures, parent and teacher booklets, teacher and student presentations. A great resource! Conact the email below to order your free copy.

http://www.frenchforlife.ca/contact_us.html

What is the Accelerative integrated method?
The Accelerative Integrated Method (AIM) is revolutionizing the way second languages are taught. This approach - which combines the use of gestures, drama, music, storytelling and error analysis – is helping students develop a good working fluency in less than 100 hours of instruction. This 20 min DVD shows the AIM in action. For more information on this DVD contact:

http://www.aimlanguagelearning.com/

Please contact us for additional resource information.

- News and Events -

Summer University for FSL teachers!

Discover uOttawa this summer! Workshops, guest speakers and instructional time on best teaching practices (grammar in context, literacy strategies, comprehension and production skills).

CASLT is once again hosting its Languages Without Borders

The Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers (CASLT) is once again hosting its Languages Without Borders (LWB) national conference for second language educators to be held on April 7-9, 2011 at the Hilton Montreal Bonaventure Hotel.

Message from Statistics Canada’s K-12 and faculty of education outreach services

This is to advise you that as of March 31st, 2010, all of Statistics Canada’s K-12 and faculty of education outreach services will be delivered directly from Ottawa.

Final Reminder -- Online or In-Class M.Ed. for French Teachers!

In response to requests from teachers who find it difficult to attend classes in Vancouver, the UBC M.Ed. in Modern Language Education (French Immersion and Core French) is now available online.