The purpose of this certificate is to provide enhanced preparation for individuals wishing to teach within the French Immersion program. This program is for current Bachelor of Education students, or for persons who have already completed their BEd (at Crandall or elsewhere), including those who may already be teaching.
In this program, students will be introduced to key theories in second language acquisition (SLA), pedagogy specific to SLA within an immersion context, and be given the opportunity to improve their language proficiency skills toward meeting provincial requirements of a minimum oral proficiency of Advanced Plus on the NB Second Language Proficiency Scale for Intensive French positions, and Superior for French Immersion positions.