Ontario Community Newspapers

Whitby Free Press, 8 May 1974, p. 12

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Summer Language Bursary Pr*ogram This surtner, 1 ,000 Ont- ario post-secondary stutdents will have the opportunity to study English or French in second-language immersion courses otfcéred across Canada throughi the feder,,l.provinciill Summiiier Language Bursary Programi. In ail, somne 4,400 Canadian students are expec- ted to participate. The prograin is paid for by the federat governomen t and adnîinistered iii Ontario by the province's Msinistry ut CoUleges and Universities. Ini- dividual bursaries are wurth S6 10, cuver luit ion and rouin-and-buard- and are paid lu participatiii-liiiuiversities on bchal t of cacli stuiden I enrolled. Sttudents dcl ra\v thecir uwn h :104105 Itition anIi persoîlal expetises. :\c mss Clîîj:da, 1I(S iuniver- '-i t ie- Jimc -S2 sN l alihî :îd 31 rît eiriCcoml- ses insFrencli vîlparticipalc. 011:srîio ist Mtlt'tStakîrtit par t intIle pi ssci an ir~e L1e Ytork unî\'cri-,1ie :snd tihe it- iv ersilses ofs01J\\ a. Tl'o 111') and \ ils t sOnut ario. litiaddiionib!otrmii stîidy. the ltnpusgccotirses nciode niusic . 10f1ilmtea tre aînd uther social and cul tural activitieS. Brocliu res and application f0rins mav be obtaincd froin I).S. Bethune. Director of Student Awvards. N\liislry of Colleges anid Uiiiversities, th Floor. Mowat Block, Quieeii*s Park, Torontsu. Ont- *arlu, M7t\ 1C6 Ini 197-3. 847 Ontario stu- dents participated in this pro- grain. 0f thiese. 460 stîudiedl in Ontario, where aIl buit 31 -sudied French. Nincteeni Ontario studenîs wenl lu British ('ulumnbia, 1-0 lu AI- berta. Il 10 Manitoba, 321 10 Quebec, 3 tu New Bruns- wick. 4 îo Nova Scotia. and took part in the Canada-wide program fast year. 76 percent replied tu a detailed quest- ionnaire about their reasons for taking the courses and their reactions 10 tlîem. 0f* the nearly 2,500 whio replied. 45 percent claimed English as a mother tongue; 47 per- cent clairned English; and seven percent specified an- other language. Forty percent were en- rolled during the 1972-73 year in secondary schools, 34 percent in universities, - 22percentinctmnY colleges and, four percent in other post-secondary insti- m M, m C5reey's Frnitýite .Vertd is ne erdinory furniture store. Thern-'s a distinctive difference that sets us oport f f~ ur contemporcries. Thse difference - our soleccenîre --arehourse is designedi specîficeli, wth you, the siopr, in mind. Y's'11discoi,ýer o creetive fceshon o.erId o eurifully eccessorizcd roem disploys, just ai 1i jstsee tssnns in your,,n ho ýime. There are 1001 imaginative decerotinq idees just weaitinq te tickle r '-Anc lus r erschondisinq and -As r-:- incj pcvi.er cormLîne ta seve > oj cdIIart, on an>' of ,r 'crious noe, ro tnds. Anc - nies th0in j ,ou 5inn, i ns ns 5 n sumisrre, sterees, televiions, eppliences ïj calpin j - ail cretc.an!, sr, i euitn ret , roke cdcvan-ra je of our 'Taeke i wtv o u' P IC') Il vs e ~n.c r .s on ~F i n ' asic -he peoplesi . i Leensif il wirricuse 'i'.nnsn O. /n 50sue50 in. HIGHWAY 2 OPPOSITE WHITBY MALL 579-2660 tut ions. Eigh t percent t had bcen enrolled in a previuus Suimier Languaige t3ursary Programi. Why did those students enrol in the second language programi, especially the 29 percent who had to borrow muney to dcfray transport- ation and othier cosîs'? Last year 37 percenit of A quest- ionnaire respondenits ciled liieir desire 10 improve their kndwledge of the second lan- puage and ils associatcd cul- ture. Three percent mention- od sulely the econoniic bene- fias of* faciity with a second language. Forty-one percent nmentioncd buthi reasons. H-ow effective arc thle courses?! Sixty-two percent say they now speak their second language well enoughi to cunimunicate with a "na- tive" speaker. Tlîirty-eiglit percent say thcy can under- stand cven coIloguial expre- ssions hi Ille otiier language. More than hiaîf caim thcy FURNITURE WORLD>~ ~f:lf4ï'b n can uinderstand general read- ing inaterial. Nearly ail respundentîs co- iinnientcd lfavourably on the program and tîhrce-quarters werc interested ini participat- ing in the I1974 Sommiier Language Bursary Prograrn. t -,.-.~---~---,.~---,- - ---~.--------- IefmsI 1tsu3 tgs1 MON. TO FR1. 10 AM TO 9:30 PM Claremore constructi1on MASONRY W0RK ALL TYPES 0F ROOFING Specializing in re-facing front stores and homes Sand blasting and silicone work 723500 --j

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