LP> Monday, a newschannel came to my classroom & 7th Period & I were on
LP> Phoenix TV news at 6 pm.  The channel was covering a story about the
LP> state mandated foreign language requirement for elementary schools
LP> (districts here are trying to get it rescinded because they [lying 
LP> scum]
LP> claim that it costs $300,000 to implement a program & that they can't
LP> find qualified teachers.
    Districts here are finding it hard to staff foreign-language positions, 
too...and they're not demanding a similar requirement be rescinded.
    I think there is a genuine problem hiring people who are certified in 
foreign languages.  
LP> Tuesday, I spent researching WHY there aren't enough qualified 
LP> teachers
LP> (the universities encourage language majors to get secondary ed 
LP> degrees
LP> rather than elementary ed degrees
    Many might not _want_ to teach little kids, anyhow...or might lack the 
patience needed to endlessly spend one's days teaching third-graders "adios"!
LP> Today, the two girls showed up, 13 & 14 years old.  They are from 
LP> Togo.
LP> They speak no English whatsoever, only French.  They were really 
LP> nervous
LP> & practically every African-American student in the school was trying 
LP> to
LP> meet them, as well as a goodly number of the other ethnic groups.  
LP> This
LP> was difficult because of the no English thing.  These poor girls have
LP> only been in the States for a week.  We had to explain what pizza,
LP> hamburgers, corn dogs & the salad bar are for their lunch choices
LP> because they hadn't ever before experienced those foods. 
    They'll learn fast.  Food is probably the first thing someone wants to 
know how to get (like that prof who teaches French fluency in 3 weeks by 
taking college students to rural Quebec).
LP> Now to my point.  Are there any educators out there, most especially
LP> Canadian ones, who can help me obtain materials/curricula for 
LP> teaching
LP> English to French speaking students? 
    A friend in Toronto tells me that Quebec is very anti-English as a matter 
of nationalistic pride, so don't be surprised if there aren't any!
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