| Cimminnee Holt, Policy Researcher, PERT
Sithandazile Kuzviwanza, Director of Policy & Research, PERT
Contributors
Maria J. De Las Salas, Communications and Engagement Specialist, PERT
Nicholas Salter, Executive Director, PERT
Chad Walcott, Director of Engagement & Communications, PERT
Piers Young, Engagement Coordinator, PERT
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This report offers a comprehensive view of the most effective methods for adult French-language education in Québec, with the goal of highlighting the achievements and lessons learned from adult French-language training in the province.
In it, we learn from the perspectives of educators, administrators, and researchers working to improve adult French-language training in Québec. Through interviews with subject matter experts, ten (10) best practices emerged: plurilingualism, cultural exchange, confidence-building, lifelong learning, use of learning technology, flexible learning environments, work-integrated programs, supporting teaching personnel, limited class sizes, and low user fees.
Recommendations:
- Increased investments in work-integrated language training programs.
- Develop and fund programs for job-specific French-language training and French-language work placement programs.
- Incentivize employees and employers to enroll and participate in work-integrated French-language training programs.
- Increased investments to support the education workforce.
- Invest in the recruitment, training and retention of French-language teachers and staff.
- Collaborate with the education sector to establish resource centres for French-language teachers to share pedagogy.
- Implement rapid-training programs to certify new teachers to deliver adult French-language training.
- Integrate French-language mentors and volunteers into the learning ecosystem.
- Increased collaboration amongst program providers to develop and implement French-language training programs that include plurilingualism, cultural exchange, confidence-building and lifelong learning as main pedagogical approaches.
- Develop and implement a strategy to better leverage technology to improve learner outcomes.
- Increase access to online French-language training content.
- Invest in learning technologies to facilitate autonomous learning.
- Improve digital literacy among all Quebecers.
- Expand high-speed internet infrastructure across Québec.
- Expansion of the availability of affordable adult French-language training programs in order to lower barriers to accessing programs.
- Increase the number of free or low-cost programs in order to lower financial barriers to accessing French-language training.
- Set limits for class sizes.
- Ensure flexible learning environments by experimenting with in-person, hybrid and online learning options.
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