MADAME MAINVILLE'S INCREDIBLE (IMPOSSIBLE) JOURNEY OF FOSTERING A READING CULTURE... IN FRENCH
(Source: françaispourl'avenir.org 2014) Let's make something very clear: it is very unlikely that as a French Immersion teacher, I will foster an intrinsic joy of reading in French in my students. My best hope is that I can get them reading and not complaining too much about it. Let me explain... (Source: Journal Le Reflet Témiscamien ) I am a native French Canadian from northern Ontario. I spoke only French until I was 5 and once I started watching Sesame Street, Polka Dot Door & Mr. Dressup , as well as playing with the kids on my street, I learned to speak English. I attended a francophone school my whole life and even attended a French language university where I studied in both languages. I am fluently bilingual. In my teens, I started learning Spanish and continued to learn my third language in university and also did an intensive study abroad program in Mexico. I have a very functional Spanish. I als...