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I'm curious about how french immersion works in English speaking Canada. It's something seen as "higher class"? I live the mirror situation: french speaking yo

by mpsprd 3y ago

I'm curious about how french immersion works in English speaking Canada. It's something seen as "higher class"? I live the mirror situation: french speaking young parent intending to make my child bilingual at a young age. Here english is obviously seen as an edge and is studied a lot.

cfraenkel 3y ago
It's seen as a step up in quality, but almost entirely because you're self selecting into the pool of parents who are more invested into improved education. There's also a sense that the "problem" kids are going to be concentrated in the English track. So win win.
ckz 3y ago
I'd be curious to learn/chat more about how you're approaching it as a French-speaking parent. :) I'm a native English speaker/~B1 French speaker trying to very intentionally create a bilingual household environment. It's not pure immersion, but I can (and do) narrate what I'm doing for most daily activities in French, read aloud in French, consume French audio, etc. All much to the bemusement of my own French mentor, who's validated that I'm not instilling a terrible accent, but is also getting peppered with questions in my search for French children's literature.
- mpsprd 3y ago
  My kid is barely 2yrs, so my plans for English immersion are still vague, but here goes: - consuming all media in the original language instead of dubs - kindergarten already does some bilingual exploration, she's a native English speaker - Later on I intend to do an "English day" each week at home where we would only converse in English. From my personal experience, the best path to fluency is having no choice but to speak in a given language. I also want to create boundaries to prevent mixing the two languages. About french children's book, I could send you a mail about it. Depending on the age of your kids "la courte échelle" has great stuff.

by mpsprd 3y ago

cfraenkel 3y ago

It's seen as a step up in quality, but almost entirely because you're self selecting into the pool of parents who are more invested into improved education. There's also a sense that the "problem" kids are going to be concentrated in the English track. So win win.

ckz 3y ago

I'd be curious to learn/chat more about how you're approaching it as a French-speaking parent. :) I'm a native English speaker/~B1 French speaker trying to very intentionally create a bilingual household environment. It's not pure immersion, but I can (and do) narrate what I'm doing for most daily activities in French, read aloud in French, consume French audio, etc. All much to the bemusement of my own French mentor, who's validated that I'm not instilling a terrible accent, but is also getting peppered with questions in my search for French children's literature.

mpsprd 3y ago
My kid is barely 2yrs, so my plans for English immersion are still vague, but here goes: - consuming all media in the original language instead of dubs - kindergarten already does some bilingual exploration, she's a native English speaker - Later on I intend to do an "English day" each week at home where we would only converse in English. From my personal experience, the best path to fluency is having no choice but to speak in a given language. I also want to create boundaries to prevent mixing the two languages. About french children's book, I could send you a mail about it. Depending on the age of your kids "la courte échelle" has great stuff.