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Page 20-CLINTON NEW&RECORD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1986
French immersion program is deice a success
BY SHARON DIETZ
The first French immersion .program
ever offered at a local school is deemed an
unqualified success according to parents
and teachers alike. Parents who pushed
for the piogram are just as enthusiastic
after the program's first year as they were
when they were busy lobbying the local
public and separate school boards to
establish the program.
Michelle Lukachko still feels French
will be nothing but an asset to her son
Michael who started kindergarten in the
program at St. Mary's Separate School
last September. Michelle says Michael has
had no problems adjusting and she has no
qualms about enrolling her daughter in the
program this fall,
"Michael has learned so much French,"
says Michelle. "The children are very
positive about it. They are abosrbing it like
little sponges."
Michelle is confident early immersion is
the best way to learn a second langauge.
"His accent is perfect," she says, because
children mimic others so well at a young
age.
Michelle and her husband took the adult
French course offered last year and again
this year. This gives Michael the oppor-
tunity to share his new language with his
parents. His parents can converse with
him as he goes along,"but also it shows his
parents are interested and that French is
not only good for him but for his parents
too, says. Michelle.
"It acts as a positive influence" she
says. "We're tremendously pleased."
Rosie Wick is learning a third language
since she enrolled in the kindergarten
French immersion program. Her parents
speak Swiss in the home and the children
answer in English giving her an
understanding of both languages and she is
learning French at school.
Her .mother, Martha says Rosie has had
no difficulty with the immersion program
and she is amazed at how quickly. Rosie
learns the French.. Rosie is already looking
forward to returning to school in the fall.
Martha and her husband, Alfons who
speaks French are both very happy with
the program.
Martha says she would advise any
parent who is interested to enroll their
child in the program. "You don't feel that
they are in a different program," she says
and the language comes so easy for them
when they are children.
Martha believes it is very useful to have
a second language. She has two older
The children in Louise Merritt's kindergarten class at St. Mary's Separate School were
enrolled in the French immersion program offered for the first time this year. Parents and
teachers are enthusiastic about the program and the progress the children have made in
learning a second language. Shown with Louise are standing, Chris Wise, and clockwise
from the left, Michael Nyland, John Little, Michael Lukachko and Lesley Culbert. (photo by
Sharon Dietz )
daughters who have just returned from a
year spent working in Europe where they
found English, and French very useful.
"I think French immersion is
beautiful," she says.
Louise Merritt who teaches the French
immersion kindergarten class at St.
Mary's School says the children are very
receptive -and want to learn. She starts by
teaching the children words in French us-
ing vocabulary cards. They learn the
workds for the parts of the body, fruits and
vegetables and then through repetition
they begin to build on expressions., Louise
has also used listening centres where the
children use ear phones to listen to tapes
which give them instructions in French.
"What it does for their self esteem when
they respond correctly to the instruction,"
says Louise, who has found teaching the
program an enriching experience.
Monique St. Denis uses the dynamic
method to teach her grade 1 class where
the children study the story in French,
then the word and then the letter. The
story gives them a context .for the words,
phrases and sentences, Monique explains.
She begins by teaching words and pic-
tures, words and objects, words and
gestures and then builds on sentence struc-
ture, using the sentence structuresthey re-
quire in school. Monique says the children
learn to understand, then to speak the
words and then to read.
Speaking takes awhile, she says, but by
Christmas the children say what they want
but there are many mistakes. They begin
reading in October which gives them the
structures to build on.
"Songs are a big help," she says. "They
learn it faster because they like to repeat
the song since there is a melody."
Learning French at an early age, the
children learn without an accent and they
don't care if others laugh at them, says
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Monique. They don't fear ridicule when
they speak it or feel self conscious when
they say a word. "It's a terrific age to
start."
It takes time before they start to speak
French among themselves and begin to
use it at recess and in the playground, says
Monique, but the advantage is using it.
Monique learned French in the home and
English on the street but many of her
friends learned English at school. It wasn't
immersion and they graduated without be-
ing able to speak the language, a common
problem with the core French program.
"The children. are very bright and
eager," says Monique who doesn't an-
ticipate any of her students will have 'pro-
blems with the program as they proceed.
Many children reject the type of discipline
and structure imposed on them at school.
Some children have trouble adapting to the
structure and they get a lot of negative
reinforcement which turns them off school
and learning, she explains.
From most aspects it appears the
French immersion program in Goderich
has been successful in its first year, but
problems have developed in more
established programs in Toronto. Pro-
blems to emerge include dual track
schools and the need for staff and funding
to maintain a variety of programs; clashes
with a limited budget and the effects of
declining enrollment; the loss of the com-
munity school when boards designate
schools for immersion programs only;
poor performance by early immersion
students in subject matter taught through
French, specifically science and math
where they lack the voacabulary in French
to deal with the more sophisticated con-
cepts; lack of well qualified teachers;
poorly written English by immersion
students; lack of textbooks and the use of
adaptations of first language materials
which might not be 100 per cent what the
teachers need linguistically; lack of stan-
dard curricula for all boards and the in-
ability of parents to help their children
with their homework.
The problems with French immersion
programs are implementation problems,
says Gaetan Blanchette, superintendent of
French for the Huron - Perth Separate
School Board who believes these im-
plementation problems have been blown
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out of proportion.
Fluent in English, and French, Blan-
chette says the critics are not talking
about negative aspects of children being
educated in .a second language, but the
problems associated with the implementa-
tion of a new program.
Coming Evq.nts
BINGO: Vanastra Rec Centre, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.
First re card $1., fifteen reg. $20. games, three
share-twealth. Jackpot $220.00 must go.
Lucky Ball $180.00 (if not won). Lucky Ball in-
creases $2p per week. Admission restricted to 16
years and over. Ttfar
BAYFIELD LION'S CLUB Jumbo Bingo, Bayfield
Arena, every Friday ?tight. Doors open 6:30 p.m.
Early Bird Games starting 7:45. 15-4lar
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SUNDAYS 11:30 AM • 10 PM
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MONSTER BINGO: Sponsored by Clinton Service
Clubs, Clinton Community Centre, Mondays,
June 9 to Sept. 1. 15 regular gpmes. 3 share -the -
wealth, grand prize $1000. Doors open 6:30 p.m.
'Admission 16 years and over. Proceeds to com-
munity work. 24.35ar
BAYFIELD PIONEER PARK ASSOCIATION Annual
Rummage Sole, Friday, July 11, 8 p.m. Bayfield
Arend. Articles gratefully received Friday morn-
ing at arena. For pick up call 565-2751, 565.2629,
565-2103.--26.29
THE HURON County Health Unit and Family and
Children's Service are offering wa program Jar
parents and children, 0.,5 years. This group will
gather Wednesday afternoons at the Vanastra
Recreation ,Centre to discuss child related topics.
A children's group will be run at the same time,
with qualified persons planning art activities.
games and circle time, The program runs from
1:30-3:30 p.m. beginning July 9. For information
contact Marianne Menzies 524-7356. 28
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL. All children from
ages of 4.12 welcome for Bible stories, citfts and
lots more' fun at Clinton Christian Reformed
Church, July'21-25, 9:00-11:30 a.m.-27-29x
COLEMAN FAMILY PICNIC, Sunday, July 13,
smorgasbord at 4:30, sports, 6 pm. Stanley
Township Park, Hwy. 21 Sideroad 10,--27,28
51st ANNUAL SNELL REUNION at Londesboro
Community Hall, Sunday, July 13th. Registration
2:00 p.m., Games, .3:00 p.m., POT LUCK SUPPER.
5:00 p.m. . 27.28x
BLYTH 'FESTIVAL - DRIFT: July 9, 10 (matinee), 12.
ANOTHER SEASON'S PROMISE: July 10, 11, 17,
18. GONE TO GLORY: July 15 (opening), 16 17
(matinee). All evening performances are at 8.30
p.m.; matinees at 2:00 p.m. 28ar
HURON COU.jITRY. PLAYHOUSE - CAROUSEL with,
music by Richard Rodgers, book and lyrics by
Oscar Hammerstein II, directed by Steven Schip-
per, choredgraphy mounted by Kelly Robinson;
through to July 12/Main Stage .8:30 p.m. LETTER
FROM WINGFIELD FARM, a one-man comedy
starring Rod Beattie, written by Dan Needles,
directed by Douglas Beattie: July 1 to July
12/Playhouse IT 8:30 p..m. THE BLACK BONSOIEL
OF WULLIE MAC CRIMMON by W.O. Mitchell,
directed by Steven Schipper; July 15 to July
26/Main Stage 8:30 p.m. BERNSTEIN ON BROAD-
WAY', a musical eve,ning by Scott A. Hurst,
Michael Mulrooney and Aggie Cekuta-Elliot,
directed by Scott A. Hurst; July 15 to July
26/Playhouse 11 8:30 p.m.; Matinees Wednesdays
and T h u r s d -a y s 2: 3 0 p.m. Call
519-238.8451. --- 28ar
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CABBAGE PATCH TIME at Clinton Branch Library, JULY 17 at 8
Tuesday, July 15. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. for children pm. meeting for Gays, L,
Parents and Frends, Call Anne at 524.es4879biansfor
ages 3-10. It's free: bring along your dolls.- 28x location. --28,29
Meet the cast at Playhouse
The Huron Country Playhouse has
designated Monday evenings following per-
formances at the Main Stage to "Meet the
Cast". It's a wonderful opportunity to talk to
actors. Audiences are invited to stay behind,
so that they may meet and participate in a
brief question/answer period with selected,
cast members.
The Playhouse's first seasonal "Meet the
Cast", following a performance of
CAROUSEL, brought Aileen Taylor -Smith
(.Mrs. Mullins), Joy Thompson Allen (Julie
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
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you've come a long way
Jordan), Paul Massel (Billy Bigelow) and
Murray Oliver (Timothy) in front of the cur-
tain to greet the audience. At first, people
were shy; but soon the cast members were
having to confront several questions
simultaneously. A good time was had by all.
Though the house is dark Sundays, the
Huron Country Playhouse would like to re-
mind the .public, that they are invited to
spend their Holiday Mondays at any of our
season's performances.
For reservations, please call ( 519
238-8451. -
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