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14 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesday, August 28, 1963 .. Schools Teaching Languages | To More Very Young Students By MEL SUFRIN Canadian Press Staff Writer The idea that the younger ; |you are, the easier it is for you to Jearn a second language, is reflected more. widely than ever in Canadian school programs this year, A higher percentage. of the 4,500,000 pupils who will be in elementary and secondary schools after the summer vaca- tion are to study French--either will tie in with the regular French program which starts at the Grade 4 level in some Manitoba schools. In Edmonton, elemen tary schools located near junior high schools where French is being taught are adding courses in the language for Grades 4, 5 and 6 Ten separate (Roman Cath olic) schools in Regina are add- ing 'the conversational French jsecond year of its three-branch jsecondary school program, put- |ting it into operation at the Grade 10 level. The program is divided into (1) arts and science, (2) busi- jness and commerce and (3) jecience, technology and trades. Each branch is to have a five- jyear program leading to higher jeducation, as well as a four. jyear program for students |whose aptitude and ambition jing trouble finishing Grade 9. Start early in secondary school, and there is also a pre-employ- ment program for students hav- Edmonton schools are usiag a continuous progress method in elementary schools under} which students work at their} own rate. One student may} cover two units in a year while another does only one, The unit system is also being, extended by separate schools in| Regina to cover Grades 1 to 5, allowing for individual prog ress for each student depending on ability. Along with increased French instruction, Vancouver schools are changing their social stud- jes course to put more em- phasis. on current affairs. NEEDS SHADE A tropical plant, but sensiive to the sun, the cacao tree grows best within 10 or 20 degrees of the Equator \inder the shade of taller trees, MYSTERY UNCOVERED PARIS .(AP) -- The mystery of the missing manhole covert has been 'solved: Police ar- rested an unemployed mason and a woman on charges ot lifting the lids for serap iron, Ronald W. Bilsky, D.C, CHIROPRACTOR @ BURSITIS @ SCIATICA 100 King St. E. 728-5156 Now Available! ! Option for Grades 7 and 8 French is being taught to ai} students in Grades 8, 9 and 10 BOYS' SCHOOL CARDIGANS -- for -- 0.C.V.1. -- CENTRAL McLAUGHLIN and DONEVAN: Get Yours Now and Save Money at... DUNN'S 36 KING ST. E. -- 2Locations --- OSHAWA "Downtown Oshawa" SHOPPING CENTRE oral or written or both--than at any time in the past. Dr. Wilder Penfield, the noted Montreal neurosurgeon who is deeply involved in Canadian education, has been a strong advocate of teaching a second language at an early age. He has backed up his recom- mendations with the results of tests showing that young chil- "|dren, even pre-schoolers, are ijable to pick up a second lan- 4 |guage with an ease that makes their elders envious. r qlit has been introduced at the/three years The campaign, given adde ! | impetus by current talk aboat| Grade 3 level. _A new and enlarged voca-| tional program is designed to the importance of bicultural-)~RacH DRIVERS |ism, has caught on to such an} Only minor changes in cur- SCHOOL OF DANCING D.E.A. jextent that oral French is grad-|ricyla are being ma ; ; nade in the lually being introduced into the! Atlantic peasinbes. ae. wei Ballet, Tap, Acrobatic, Choracter, Pre-School, Kinderdance lu jlower grades in nearly all prov-lone being introduction of a REGISTRATION: Sat. Sept. 7th., 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the MASONIC TEMPLE, 91 Centre St. linces, driver training program in INFORMATION: 723-7253 jdon't tend toward advanced education, One-year and two- AT year programs offering occupa- | Ancus-(ZRAYDON in Vancouver. tional courses planned to pre- CARPET 282 King W. French at elementary: levels|nare students for service trades BROADLOOM continues to be extended in On-/anq occupations are also pro- tario as teachers become avail-| yideq jable. Emphasis now is on co-| } ordinating the secondary schoo|| WORK IN UNITS French programs with those in| In Alberta, where the high lower -grades. school curriculum is under gen-| In Montreal Protestantjeral revision, the main featuie| schools, teaching of Frenchiis a four-year matriculation! goes into effect experimentally|program in which slower pupils | this fall in Grade I Heretofoie|may do Grades 10 and 11 in 728-9581 ae *.%| A Cross-Canada Survey by) . *)\The Canadian Press shows that tin Ge ee en ¥ 4 six of the 10 provinces--fron)| courses this summer to' prepare Sg ae renee fe ne ort ' : "= \anguage instruction this fall. Fi cipeg te a a Ss gf é course of WATERFRONT PRIEST FRANCAIS I study, awaiting the second and } Manitoba is introducing ajthird reports of the Parent port course known as Francais 1 at|'¥a! commission on education workers requested ser- [the Grade I level to provide expected to be published during! vices of a chaplain French instruction for pupils|the winter --CP Photo)|whose mother. tongue is French,| Ontario is embarking on the = or : iIt's mainly for French-speaking Annee PALK DRAFT long meeting Tuesday, but ad-|000 a player, National Hockey | communities such as St. Boni-| NEW YORK (AP) The journed without taking action on|League-owned players over EPS Norbert and St Rose! American Hockey Leagué board| the proposal. 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