HOW CAN WE HELP? Minecraft in the French...
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Minecraft in the French classroom? Why not? Games are a great way to learn as well as to foster collaboration and 21st century learning. Why not integrate Mine craft or as a free alternative, Google Sketchup to explore building Francophone communities and activities like the Festival du Voyageur. Have your students present their project to the class describing the cultural activities in French. Linguistic proficiencies and cultural understanding is the real outcome! You can also visit www.club-mystère.com. Grades 1-6 FSL French Students can work through an animation series that highlights 21st century learning and gain French language competency, cultural awareness and collaborative skills whilst on a detective hunt. • 2.4 million Young Canadians are studying English or French as a second language. • 300,000 students are enrolled in French immersion each year • 50,000 direct and indirect jobs are tied to Canada's language industry • 29% of Quebecers who speak French most often at home report watching television shows equally in French and English To learn more, visit: Beyond Words www.ocolclo.gc.ca/newsletter_cyberbulletin/12_ 09_2012/text_e.htm HOW NEW LANGUAGES ARE LEARNED READING CULTURE WRITING LISTENING SPEAKING WHAT DID WE LEARN? • Action-oriented and communicative approaches to teaching FSL focus on meaning over form; emphasize meaningful interactive activities; centre on communicative language needs; and, where possible, highlight authentic tasks within the context of a classroom environment • It is critical for students to develop oral language skills. Through frequent opportunities to converse with their peers, students develop their listening and speaking skills, as well as an overall sense of the language and its structure ISSUE 01 | FEBRUARY 2014 RKPublishingInc RKPublishing RKPublishingInc IT'S HERE! The Ontario Grade 4-8 FSL Curriculum is out. www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/ elementary/fsl18-2013curr.pdf RK PUBLISHING: French Specialists in Canada How Tech savvy are you in the classroom? In today’s teaching environment all teachers are required to display some know-how around the use of technology in the classroom. Does hooking up your laptop to the projector throw you into a cold sweat? Or are you a techno geek that utilizes on-line resources and social media to communicate with students and fellow teachers with ease? Take this informative on-line quiz by Edutopia to see how well you rank in technology integration in the classroom. www.edutopia.org/quiz-tech-savvy-teaching A BIG thanks to St. Clements and Kew Beach French students for participating in a Club mystère day! The response was awesome from students and French teachers alike! Merci! *If your French class would like to participate in a Club mystère Day - Call us 416-785-0312. We ‘ve moved! Our new address: 3089 Bathurst Street, Suite 308, Toronto, M6A 2A4. Club mystère Level 2 is now ready! Look for Club mystère Level 3 in September 2014. Look for us on Amazon.ca at the end of February! RKP is preparing for the upcoming OMLTA 2014 Conference taking place on March 27-29, 2014. Look for the BIG RED booth and come by and say Hello! For more information on OMLTA visit www.omlta.org HOW CAN WE HELP? RK Publishing’s New Grades 4-6 FSL Programs have been correlated to the New Grades 4-6 FSL Curriculum. They are available for Core French as a basal Program and for French Immersion as supplementary resources. Our newest product Club mystère levels 1, 2, 3 is an interactive research-based series that combines the best strategies and techniques in second-language learning. T |416-785-0312 F | 416-785-0317 W | www.rkpublishing.com HERE'S WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING ..... Club mystère ENGAGES my students in AUTHENTIC TALK and helps them increase their vocabulary With CM my class has been transformed into a COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS WHO ARE LINGUISTIC RISK-TAKERS, enthralled viewers, and reflective in their second language journey visit club-mystere.com -Maddalena Shipton TCDSB -Anne Normand PVNCCDSB
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Minecraft in the French classroom? Why not?
Games are a great way to learn as well as to foster collaboration and 21st century learning. Why not integrate Mine craft or as a free alternative, Google Sketchup to explore building Francophone communities and activities like the Festival du Voyageur. Have your students present their project to the class describing the cultural activities in French. Linguistic proficiencies and cultural understanding is the real outcome!
You can also visit www.club-mystère.com. Grades 1-6 FSL French Students can work through an animation series that highlights 21st century learning and gain French language competency, cultural awareness and collaborative skills whilst on a detective hunt.
• 2.4 mil l ion Young Canadians are studying Engl ish or French as a second language.
• 300,000 students are enro l led in French immers ion each year
• 50,000 direct and indi rect jobs are t ied to Canada's language industry
• 29% of Quebecers who speak French most of ten at home report watching te lev is ion shows equal ly in French and Engl ish
To learn more, visit: Beyond Words
www.ocolclo.gc.ca/newsletter_cyberbulletin/12_09_2012/text_e.htm
HOW NEW LANGUAGES ARE LEARNED
READING CULTURE WRITING LISTENING SPEAKING
WHAT DID WE LEARN?
• Action-oriented and communicative approaches to teaching FSL focus on meaning over form; emphasize meaningful interactive activities; centre on communicative language needs; and, where possible, highlight authentic tasks within the context of a classroom environment
• It is critical for students to develop oral language skills. Through frequent opportunities to converse with their peers, students develop their listening and speaking skills, as well as an overall sense of the language and its structure
ISSUE 01 | FEBRUARY 2014
RKPublishingInc RKPublishing RKPublishingInc
IT'S HERE! The Ontario Grade 4-8 FSL Curriculum is out.
www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/fsl18-2013curr.pdf
RK PUBLISHING: French Specialists in Canada
How Tech savvy are you in the classroom? In today’s teaching environment all teachers are required to display some know-how around the use of technology in the classroom. Does hooking up your laptop to the projector throw you into a cold sweat? Or are you a techno geek that utilizes on-line resources and social media to communicate with students and fellow teachers with ease?
Take this informative on-line quiz by Edutopia to see how well you rank in technology integration in the classroom.
www.edutopia.org/quiz-tech-savvy-teaching
A BIG thanks to St. Clements and Kew Beach French students for participating in a Club mystère day! The response was awesome from students and French teachers alike! Merci!
*If your French class would like to participate in a Club mystère Day - Call us 416-785-0312.
We ‘ve moved! Our new address: 3089 Bathurst Street, Suite 308, Toronto, M6A 2A4.
Club mystère Level 2 is now ready!
Look for Club mystère Level 3 in September 2014.
Look for us on Amazon.ca at the end of February!
RKP is preparing for the upcoming OMLTA 2014 Conference taking place on March 27-29, 2014. Look for the BIG RED booth and come by and say Hello!
For more information on OMLTA visit www.omlta.org
HOW CAN WE HELP?
RK Publishing’s New Grades 4-6 FSL Programs have been correlated to the New Grades 4-6 FSL Curriculum. They are available for Core French as a basal Program and for French Immersion as supplementary resources. Our newest product Club mystère levels 1, 2, 3 is an interactive research-based series that combines the best strategies and techniques in second-language learning.
T |416-785-0312 F | 416-785-0317 W | www.rkpublishing.com
HERE'S WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING.....
Club mystère ENGAGES my students in AUTHENTIC TALK and helps them increase their vocabulary
With CM my class has been transformed into a COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS WHO ARE LINGUISTIC RISK-TAKERS, enthralled viewers, and reflective in their second language journey
visit club-mystere.com
-Maddalena Shipton TCDSB
-Anne Normand PVNCCDSB
