Language Policy In Quebec Research Articles

Intersections of official and family language policy in Quebec

ABSTRACT The current paper describes a study that sought to determine the beliefs, practices, and needs of parents living in Montreal, Quebec, who were raising their children bi/multilingually. The parents (N = 27) participated in a total of nine focus group and individual interviews in which they discussed their family language policies (language ideologies, practices, and actions taken to maintain a language). Through rounds of deductive and inductive coding and analysis, family language policies regarding English and/or French were compared with policies regarding heritage languages. The participants’ family language policies were further examined in light of Quebec’s official language policy of interculturalism. Findings indicate a complex co-existence of family and official language policy in which parents both support Quebec’s official language policy by converging towards French as a common public language and questioning the policy’s stance on official institutional support for heritage languages.

No ESL in English Schools: Language Policy in Quebec and Implications for TESL Teacher Education

In this article, various aspects of official language policy in Quebec are seen as interacting with contested and contesting ideologies, as experienced by novice teachers in teaching English as a second or other language within the majority French school system. The context of TESL training in Quebec is described, focusing on legislative policy and the status of English in schools. This is followed by a discussion of problems encountered in the current educational context by students in a bachelor's of education in TESL program at an English university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Several concerns were identified through student responses to a questionnaire and from reflection on their student‐teaching experiences. The resulting areas discussed here are the consequences of low student‐teacher language proficiency (English and French); ambivalent or hostile attitudes toward English or English as a second language (ESL) on the part of students and teachers in schools; (non)use of English in the ESL classroom; low motivation of ESL students; and the nature of English language and culture in Quebec. Although none of these is unique to this context, the particular circumstances, history, and ideologies in this context are major factors in the government language policy, popular language attitudes, and second language education practice. For each area of concern, specific ways in which the teacher education program addresses these concerns are described, including excerpts from a student teacher‐to‐student teacher advice handbook.

Du libre accès à l'accès restreint aux écoles anglaises du Québec

In this article, the author gives a historical account of the different laws enacted by the National Assembly in order to enhance the status of the French language at administrative levels as well as among the province's résidants themselves. The schools, being vehicles of social and cultural influence, were included. Laws 63 and 22 were little more than tentative, hesitant sallies into the linguistic battle confronting the province and its minority groups. Law 101 provided a more coherent line of reasoning in deciding Quebec's language policies. Nevertheless, it is contested by some groups on constitutional grounds.

The Class Bases of Language Policy in Quebec, 1949–1975

The issue of language and its use has dominated political debate in Quebec since the early sixties.

Book Review: Quebec's Language Policies: Background and Response

Book Review: Quebec's Language Policies: Background and Response

Quebec's Language Policies; Background and Response.

Quebec's Language Policies; Background and Response.

Quebec's Language Policies: Background and Response.

Quebec's Language Policies: Background and Response.

Quebec's Language Policies: Background and Response. Edited by John R. Mallea. Quebec: Les Presses de l'Universite Laval, 1977. 310 pp. $22.50

Quebec's Language Policies: Background and Response. Edited by John R. Mallea. Quebec: Les Presses de l'Universite Laval, 1977. 310 pp. $22.50

Quebec's Language Policies: Background and Response

Quebec's Language Policies: Background and Response

Quebec's Language Policies: Background and Response

Quebec's Language Policies: Background and Response