StatsCan report has N.B. re-evaluating ESL Last Updated: Wednesday, May 2, 2007 | 12:50 PM AT CBC News English language instructors in Moncton say more access to English as a Second Language courses is required to attract more immigrants to New Brunswick.
A Statistics Canada report released this week shows increasing numbers of immigrants are having trouble learning English and finding work. The survey tracked 12,000 immigrants who arrived in Canada in 2001 and 2002.
Penny Carruthers, an English instructor working at the Multicultural Association of Greater Moncton, says the system in place in New Brunswick is not working for everyone.
Carruthers says ESL programs in the province need more funding so immigrants can receive more intense training in English.
She says her students identified the same problems that were listed in the Statistics Canada report.
"And that is the access to language instruction, and also the issue of foreign credential recognition."
Greater Moncton MP Brian Murphy says he's working on getting more federal funding for ESL programs in the area.
He says the region is among the fastest growing in Atlantic Canada, and that increases the need for classroom spaces.
Murphy adds that Moncton's official bilingual status makes knowledge of French an important factor for new Canadians, and that creates more work for second-language teachers.
"There's greater effectiveness with numbers," he said. "Although everyone at that centre is doing a great job, I'd like to see that centre at a new location with greater numbers."
Murphy says he'll meet with ESL co-ordinators and immigration officials in the region over the next few weeks to decide how much more funding is needed
Since 90% of English speaking people,don't want to learn french,but instead want education,just take the millions designated to force french on those people and use some of the money for teaching english,considering after 40 years only 15% of nb,ers are bilingual,and only 7% in the rest of canada,excluding quebec. The money saved would make NB selfsuffient tomorrow.And probably would stay selfsuffient for 3 years.Great eh? Taken from the nb offical languages web.
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ENGLISH?quebec can't work in english!!
StatsCan report has N.B. re-evaluating ESL
Last Updated: Wednesday, May 2, 2007 | 12:50 PM AT
CBC News
English language instructors in Moncton say more access to English as a Second Language courses is required to attract more immigrants to New Brunswick.
A Statistics Canada report released this week shows increasing numbers of immigrants are having trouble learning English and finding work. The survey tracked 12,000 immigrants who arrived in Canada in 2001 and 2002.
Penny Carruthers, an English instructor working at the Multicultural Association of Greater Moncton, says the system in place in New Brunswick is not working for everyone.
Carruthers says ESL programs in the province need more funding so immigrants can receive more intense training in English.
She says her students identified the same problems that were listed in the Statistics Canada report.
"And that is the access to language instruction, and also the issue of foreign credential recognition."
Greater Moncton MP Brian Murphy says he's working on getting more federal funding for ESL programs in the area.
He says the region is among the fastest growing in Atlantic Canada, and that increases the need for classroom spaces.
Murphy adds that Moncton's official bilingual status makes knowledge of French an important factor for new Canadians, and that creates more work for second-language teachers.
"There's greater effectiveness with numbers," he said. "Although everyone at that centre is doing a great job, I'd like to see that centre at a new location with greater numbers."
Murphy says he'll meet with ESL co-ordinators and immigration officials in the region over the next few weeks to decide how much more funding is needed
I figured it out!!!
Since 90% of English speaking people,don't want to learn french,but instead want education,just take the millions designated to force french on those people and use some of the money for teaching english,considering after 40 years only 15% of nb,ers are bilingual,and only 7% in the rest of canada,excluding quebec.
The money saved would make NB selfsuffient tomorrow.And probably would stay selfsuffient for 3 years.Great eh?
Taken from the nb offical languages web.
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