Notes
Location
Three province comparison (Alberta, BC and Ontario)
Key recommendations
Allow for parents to list more than one language on school registration forms; Include questions related to students’ dominance, primary language or most frequently used language; Distinguish between exposure to a language and spoken ability in a language
Key populations
School-aged children in three provinces; School boards
Key findings
Overall school systems in all three provinces appear to moving toward a supportive emphasis on multilinguilism over monolinguilism which is seen as a positive development
Gaps identified
There continue to be gaps in how school boards ask about language proficiency of incoming students
Community organizations
NA
Integration timeline
At what point during the integration process the study was conducted?
NA
ISBN: 1367-0050