Teaching English: a person of middle launches a cry of alarm

QUEBEC - Arlette Driver, president of the Association of French Teachers, slams door Monitoring Committee action plan for improving the teaching of French. In an interview, Ms. Driver says that more than ever, Quebec needs a permanent independent body to ensure the quality of language teaching. Last February, Education Minister Michelle Courchesne, presented 22 measures for the French becomes a priority in school. A few months later, a monitoring committee was established to ensure the implementation of this plan of action. Arlette driver had been mandated to be included. It was however disappointed that the chairmanship of the committee was entrusted to Alain Veilleux, Assistant Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Education. In his opinion, Mr. Veilleux could lead to both the work of its staff to oversee internal and independent committee activities, but still remained in office. To explain his resignation, it complains the role of figuration in which the committee is confined, she said. She believes that the Ministry of Education should take the time to analyze and develop effective long term. She regretted that the committee come to be used to create stacks of documents and Web sites for teachers. The ministry made public this week a document detailing the first to acquire knowledge in spelling and conjugation primary. Other documents will follow during the year. In addition, the dictations and the meetings of daily readings in the plan are a balm on a far greater evil, says Driver. The department should focus more on effective long-term support and training of teachers and specialists, but this is not politically profitable, does it. Arlette driver is more than ever convinced of the need to establish a permanent external and independent to ensure the quality of teaching French in the long term.