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(2013) Strategies for a National Approach in Second Language Education</a> <em>Department of Canadian Heritage </em></p> <p>Bialystok, Craik, Klein Viswanathan (2004) <a href="http://www.apa.org/journals/pag/press_releases/june_2004/pag192290.pdf" target="newWindow">Bilingualism, Aging, and Cognitive Control: Evidence from the Simon Task</a> <a href="http://www.cric.ca/pdf/cahiers/cricpapers_march2004.pdf" target="new Window"></a> <img src="../../../Images/pdfsml.gif" alt="in Adobe Acrobat Reader pdf format" width="39" height="14" border="0">, <em>Psychology and Aging</em> 2004, Vol. 19, No. 2, 290–303</p> <p>Lapkin, S. (2004) <a href="http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/symposium/documents/lapkin/lapkin_e.html" target="newWindow">Rising to the Challenge : A Research Perspective on How to Double the Proportion of Secondary School Graduates with a Functional Knowledge of their Second Official Language</a>, <em>Modern Language Centre, OISE/UT</em></p> <p>Parkin, A and Turcotte, A (2004) <a href="http://www.cric.ca/pdf/cahiers/cricpapers_march2004.pdf" target="new Window">Bilingualism: Part of Our Past or Part of Our Future?</a> <img src="../../../Images/pdfsml.gif" alt="in Adobe Acrobat Reader pdf format" width="39" height="14" border="0">, <em>The CRIC Papers</em>, March 2004 </p> <p>Bélanger, P.C. (2004) <a href="http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/symposium/documents/belanger/belanger_e.html" target="newWindow">The Connective Power of New Technologies and the Promotion of the Official Languages,</a> <em>Communication Department University of Ottawa</em></p> <p>Parkin, A.(2004) <a href="http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/symposium/documents/jedwab/jedwab2_e.html" target="newWindow">Forty Years of Public Opinion on Bilingualism in Canada</a> <em>Centre for Research and Information on Canada</em> (CRIC)</p> <p>Jedwab, J. (2004) <a href="http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/symposium/documents/jedwab/jedwab2_e.html" target="newWindow">Valuing and Validating Bilingualism in Canada</a>, <em>Association for Canadian Studies</em></p> <p>Adam, D. (2004) <a href="http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/symposium/documents/brochure/brochure_e.html" target="newWindow">A Look at Bilingualism</a>, <em>Commissioner of Official Languages</em></p> <p>Rehorick, S. (2004) <a href="http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/symposium/documents/rehorick/rehorick_e.html" target="newWindow">The Critical Role of the Educational System in Creating Bilingual Citizens : New Brunswick as a Microcosm of Canada</a>, <em>Second Language Education Centre University of New Brunswick</em> </p> <p>Jedwab, J. (2004) <a href="http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/symposium/documents/jedwab/jedwab1_e.html" target="newWindow">Arts of Bilingualism in Canada</a>, <em>Association for Canadian Studies</em></p> <p>Lawrence, G. (2002) <a href="http://www.utpjournals.com/jour.ihtml?lp=product/cmlr/583/583_TCL_Lawrence.html" target="newWindow">The Use of E-mail as a Tool to Enhance Second Language Education Programs: An Example from a Core French Classroom</a>, <em>Canadian Modern Language Review </em>Volume 58, No 3 March 2002 </p> <p>Turnbull, M ., Lapkin, S., Hart, D. <a href="http://www.utpjournals.com/jour.ihtml?lp=product/cmlr/581/581-Turnbull.html" target="newWindow">Grade 3 Immersion Students' Performance in Literacy and Mathematics: Province-wide Results from Ontario (1998-99)</a>, <em>Canadian Modern Language Review </em>Volume 58, No. 1, September 2001 </p> <p>MacFarlane, A . <a href="http://www.utpjournals.com/jour.ihtml?lp=product/cmlr/581/581-Macfarlane.html" target="newWindow">Are Brief Contact Experiences and Classroom Language Learning Complementary?</a>, <em>Canadian Modern Language Review </em>Volume 58, No. 1, September 2001</p> <p>Genesee, F. (1976). "<a href="http://www.sfu.ca/ccrel/difficultes/abstracts/abstr5.html" target="newWindow">The Suitability of Immersion Programs for all Children</a>". <em>The Canadian Modern Language Review</em>, 32(5), 494-515.</p> <p> </p> <div align="center"> <a class="pgmenu" href="#top">Top of Page</a> </div><p> </p> <a name="difficulties"></a> <h2>Learning Difficulties and French Immersion</h2> <p>Noel, M. (2003) <a href="http://www.unb.ca/slec/degree/summary.pdf" target="newWindow">To Stay or Not to Stay? Factors Influencing Parents of Early French Immersion Students Experiencing Learning Difficulties</a> <a href="http://www.cric.ca/pdf/cahiers/cricpapers_march2004.pdf" target="new Window"></a> <img src="../../../Images/pdfsml.gif" alt="in Adobe Acrobat Reader pdf format" width="39" height="14" border="0">, <em>Second Language Education Centre</em></p> <p>Stefanson, P. (2001). Learning Disabled Students: Help within Immersion. <em>CPF Alberta and NWT News</em>, 65. </p> <p>Thiessen, J. (2001). Immersion for Kids with Learning Disabilities (LD) and Attention Deficit Disorders (ADD). <em>CPF National Newsletter</em>. </p> <p>Demers , D. (2000). A changing Perspective Meeting the Needs of All Students. Paper presented at French Immersion in Alberta: Building the <em>Future: Learning the Way- Conference Report</em>. </p> <p>Rousseau, N. (1999). A French Immersion Learning Disabilities Program: Perspectives of Students, Their Parents and Their Teachers. <em>Mosaic: A Journal for Language Teachers</em>, 6 (3). </p> <p>Demers , D. (1998). French Immersion in Alberta: <em>Buildling the Future- Conference Report</em>. </p> <p>Demers, D. (1994). Learning Disabilities and French Immersion: When to Transfer; When not to Transfer. <em>CPF Manitoba News</em>, 13, 1. </p> <p>Maldonado, J.A. 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L. (1976). 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