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new brunswick• The Université de Moncton awarded some 1,300 scholarships topromote access to university studies in French. Furthermore, a newprogram to support success in university studies was launched in2005–06. The establishment of this program enabled the Universitéde Moncton to significantly improve its student retention rate,particularly in first year. The overall retention rate is now 87.1 per cent.• The Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB) introduced,for instructors, an adult basic education program and anotherprogram on the use of technology in the classroom. The CCNB alsoset up learning help centres for students, designed to determinetheir needs and have the services in place to meet them. In addition,the college added 493 regular spaces to its enrolment capacity.HIGHLIGHTS OF ACHIEVEMENTS INSECOND-LANGUAGE INSTRUCTIONNew Brunswick’s achievements in second-language instruction,between 2005–06 and 2008–09, included the following outcomessupported by federal–provincial funding arrangements:• The Second Language Research Institute of the University of NewBrunswick (UNB) hired an associate of the faculty to help teachFrench as a second language methodology courses. The associatedeveloped more than 50 educational training workshops, whichwere offered to approximately 1,500 teachers of French as a secondlanguage (FSL). The Université de Moncton joined with the Universityof Prince Edward Island to provide training to 59 teachers assignedto teach immersion programs in the English-language schools ofthe province.• School districts were able to provide French cultural learningexperiences for students, thus strengthening their language skills atthe same time as raising awareness of their cultural environment.• New programs were introduced in French immersion in 2005–06 and2006–07, in social studies for Grades 6, 7, and 9 and in middle-levelhealth education. New mathematics curricula (FI) were developedfor Grades 4 and 7 (2007–08) and Grades 5 and 8 (2008–09). Between2007 and 2009, new curricula for physical education and healthGrades 9 and 10 and Biology 11 and 12 were developed and translatedfor use in French immersion classes.22Pan-Canadian Report on Official Languages in Education 2005–06 to 2008–09 HIGHLIGHTS
• A student bursary program was made available to core French andFrench immersion students (Grades 9 and 10) to attend a four-weekimmersion program at Université de Moncton in the month of July. In2005–06, 90 students participated, and 94 students were involvedin 2006–07. Similar numbers were seen in 2007–08 and 2008–09:92 students, and 89 students, respectively.• UNB awarded four bursaries to enable students to pursue higherstudies in second-language teaching methods, and also contributedtwo bursaries a year to support the bachelor’s program in teaching FSL.new brunswickTo learn more about New Brunswick’s achievementsin official languages in education, please consult thePan-Canadian Report on Official Languages in Education2005–06 to 2008–09 on-line at www.cmec.ca.Pan-Canadian Report on Official Languages in Education 2005–06 to 2008–09 HIGHLIGHTS 23
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