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Resources

Program Articulation
Grade 4-Grade 6
Alberta Government Education Resources

Awards

H.H. Stern Award
April 2004
Wendy Maxwell wins prestigious H.H. Stern Award . . . (PDF)

Articles

Canada.com
April 2008
Teaching grammar is not enough (PDF)

Geraldine Turkowski
How can I make the learning of French as a Second Language more appealing? (PDF)

The Tyee
May 2008
Why we're failing at French and how to actually teach a language (PDF)

Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board
September 2004
New approach has French teachers A-I-M-ing higher . . . (PDF)

The Ottawa Citizen
April 2004
The answer to every French teacher's dream . . . (PDF)

National Post
September 2002
Speaking French with their bare hands . . . (PDF)

Report by Hazel Day
May 2003 (scroll down to bottom of p5)
Review of teaching & teacher education (PDF)

Canadian Teacher's Federation Magazine Horizons 
Fall 2002 (scroll down to p.5)
"Wendy Maxwell, teacher, author, presenter and innovator, has garnered awards and invitations from schools across Canada for teaching French through gestures and drama."
Sharing the Love for Teaching (PDF)

Research

University of Chicago Chronicle
November 2001
Gesturing aids thinking, memory . . .

FSL Products

Tools for Language
Digital vocabulary exercises and activities have been designed to engage and motivate your students.
http://www.toolsforlanguage.com

Sound Language Solutions
Great error analysis activities!
http://www.soundlanguagesolutions.com

Poster Pals
A large variety of supplementary materials
http://www.posterpals.ca

Tralco Educational Services & Lingo Fun
http://www.tralco.com

For Australian Teachers
http://www.hearsaylearning.com

AIM French Teachers

Madame Verstege's French and Computer Website
http://teacherweb.com/ON/SullivanCommunitySchool/Verstege/

Kimberly Peters - Great French Teacher
http://ca.geocities.com/greatfrenchteacher

Language Schools

Spanish Language Courses Spain
CLIC IH is a Spanish language school in the historic centre of Seville.
http://www.clic.es

Language Trainers
http://www.languagetrainers.co.uk