French Second Language Programs

French Second Language (FSL) Programs

The Department of Education, through school districts, has authorized the following French Second Language (FSL) programs:

Universal K-3: all children will learn together and will be introduced to French culture and language through a series of learning modules integrated into the curriculum

Grade 1 Early Immersion: Children who entered Grade 1 early immersion in September 2007 or earlier will be grandfathered, and may remain in the program they chose; those who did not choose immersion will enter Grade 5 Intensive French, and will have the choice of Post-Intensive French or Grade 6 Late Immersion, where program offered.

Grade 3 Immersion: this program is built on an Early Immersion methodology with 80% instruction in French.

English Prime: the non-immersion program for students in grades 3 through 5;

• Pre-Intensive French: a component of Grade 4 in the English Prime program in which students will have 150 minutes per week of French in blocks of 50 to 60 minutes;
• Intensive French: a component of Grade 5 in the English Prime program in which students will learn French through a literacy-based approach for about 70 per cent of their day over half the school year; the other half of the year will be conducted in English, with an accelerated curriculum and French instruction in concentrated blocks. Math will be taught in English all year.
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Grade 6 Late Immersion: Students in Late French Immersion will have 70% of their instruction in French in grades 6 through 8, and 50% in grades 9 and 10.

English Prime with Post-Intensive French: the non-immersion program for students in grades 6 through 10 in which students take 200 minutes of French in two or three concentrated blocks each week in grades 6 through 8, and students will take one course per year in grades 9 and 10.

Schools offering the Grade 3 Immersion Entry Point

• A.H. McLeod
• Bessborough
• Birchmount
• Claude D Taylor
• Edith Cavell
• Evergreen Park
• Forest Glen
• Frank L Bowser
• Gunningsville
• Lou MacNarin
• Magnetic Hill
• Northrop Frye
• Queen Elizabeth
• Salem Elementary
• Salisbury Elementary
• Shediac Cape
• West Riverview

Schools offering Grade 6 Late Immersion

• Birchmount (includes grade 6 registrations from Queen Elizabeth and grades 6,7 and 8 students from Beaverbrook)
• Caledonia
• Hillcrest
• Lewisville Middle
• Lou MacNarin
• Northrop Frye - grade 6 only (students from Evergreen and Magnetic Hill included)
• Petitcodiac Regional
• Port Elgin
• Queen Elizabeth – (Grade 8 2011/12 only to complete their studies)
• JMA/Salisbury Middle
• Riverview Middle