Bonjour!

Just kidding!

3 Methods

immersion

Foreign

Language in the

Elementary

School

Foreign

Language

EXperience

Pros

Cons

&+-

MostEffective?

Mademoiselle Kelly!

Mrs. Ward, thanks for helping me to plan an execute my

project and its components

Many thanks to Dr. V for helping me with source location and project revisions.

I would like to thank my parents for

helping me with revisions.

Thank you Anna Morrow for helping

me revise my work.

I would like to thank Mr. Manga for his

mentorship.

Thank you Mr. Rodoff for helping me simplify my

presentation.

Et finalement,

merci aux

élèves de français un,

parcequ’ils ont fait la classe

très magnifique!

Avez-vous des questions?

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