For the tri-district Pro-D day on February 19th, I attended the French Immersion Tapestry Conference. Here are some of the ideas from Shauna Nero‘s keynote address and her Rendre l’apprentissage visible workshop that relate to my professional inquiry question about how to motivate French Immersion students to speak French:
- Teach students about the goals and benefits of the French Immersion program.
- Make common vocabulary and phrases visible to students.
- Give students videos and other media to react to.
- Provide students with authentic experiences and opportunities to speak French, such as:
- Festival du Bois
- This happens in Vancouver, but Victoria will have a Festival francophone at the end of May, so I will send that information home to my students’ families.
- Théâtre la Seizième
- They are coming to do a show at our school next week.
- Connecting with the local francophone community
- Guided tour of BC Legislature in French
- Concours d’art oratoire
- I participated in this as a student, and I was a judge last year. My students are too young this year, but if I end up teaching older students in the future I will be sure to encourage them to get involved.
- Festival du Bois
How do you encourage your students to speak French?
Madame I Am 