French Immersion Tapestry Conference

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 andContinue reading “French Immersion Tapestry Conference”

How can we foster motivation for French Immersion students to speak French?

As a new teacher (as of January) looking to learn as much as possible, I took the advice of my final practicum mentor teacher: I got a mentor. I signed up for my district’s new teacher mentorship program, and was accepted. I was lucky enough to get a fabulous, experienced mentor who teaches the sameContinue reading “How can we foster motivation for French Immersion students to speak French?”