Adult French Courses

Sending our kids to learn French at school is great. Keeping up in French with them
is even better. We have lots of opportunities to do so in this province, let me give
three examples:

—if you live in a remote area, work during the day and take care of your family
during the evenings, or are disabled, a good idea to improve your French is to
register for one of the two correspondence courses offered by the Open Learning
Institute of the Ministry of Education of British Columbia (the course names: Fren-
ch 020 and French 030). These courses are easy, and have oral communication in
mind, come up with a number of cassettes, and allow you to talk over the phone to
an instructor about once a week. For more information, write or phone to:

Open Learning Institute
7671 Alderbridge Way, Richmond, B.C. V6X 1Z9
Tel. 270-4131

—if you live in the Lower Mainland, you may be able to spare 2 to 4 hours a week,
during the day, at night or during weekends, and attend a French conversation
course at one of the local colleges or universities. As an example, UBC offers,
through its Language Programs and Services, morning, noon hour, afternoon,
evening and weekend courses, once or twice a week. They are non-credit conver-
sational courses. The sessions last usually six weeks, so you are not committing
yourself for months at a time. For more information write or phone to:

Language Programs and Services

UBC Centre for Continuing Education
5997 lona Drive, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 2A4
Tel. 228-2181, local 227

—another great idea would be to take your family to a three week immersion
program in Quebec and live on one of its many campuses. For more information
write or phone: ‘

Pierre Niedlispacher, President

Association Quebecoise des Ecoles de Francais

Universite de Montreal

Ecole Francais d’Ete

3333, Chemin de la Reine-Marie

Montreal, Quebec, H3C 3/7

Tel. (514) 343-7386
If you want to spend 3 weeks with your family learning French and can’t afford to go
to Quebec, why not try UBC. Three week Intensive Programs in French will start
next Summer (1982) on June 1, June 21, July 12 and August 3. You can reside on
campus and your kids can participate in some of the activities offered to them by
the Centre for Continuing Education. For more information write or phone:

Summer Session/Special Programs

UBC Centre for Continuing Education
5997 lona Drive, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 2A4
Tel. 228-2181, local 221

Francis Andrews
UBC Language Programs & Services