Attend our workshop and receive a special online discount on all AIM materials if ordered within 45 days!
Registration will be closed on April 16, 2010

	The Accelerative Integrated Method (AIM) is being used in 4,000 schools across Canada, and is also being implemented in Australia, the United States and Europe. Many teachers are achieving very high levels of fluency with their students. This workshop will help experienced AIM teachers extend their students’ second-language abilities even further!
	“Wendy—you’ve done an incredible job with the program. I have many, many students who were non-participatory last year, who are talking, and enjoying French.” Louise Carson, Harrison Public School   “What has amazed everyone is the ease with which the students are communicating, the enthusiasm they demonstrate and how incredibly fast they make the leap into written work!” Tim Dittrick, HGI Middle School   “I would stop teaching French if I had to stop using the AIM – it’s that good!” Gary Ziel, Medicine Hat Public School
	You can achieve fluency with your FSL students! New! AIM programs for primary and junior high!

AIM WORKSHOPS

London, ON
Intro to the AIM
April 24, 2010

Kingston, ON
Intro to the AIM
April 24, 2010

Edmonton, AB
AIM for Elementary:
The Next Level
April 24, 2010

Winnipeg, MB
Intro the the AIM:
for Immerson
April 24, 2010

London, ON
AIM for Elementary:
The Next Level
April 25, 2010

Winnipeg, MB
AIM for Elementary:
The Next Level
April 25, 2010

Barrie, ON
8th Annual East
Summer Institute
July 2-5, 2010

Squamish, BC
2nd Annual West
Summer Institute
July 2-5, 2010

Edmonton, AB
Intro to the AIM
August 27, 2010

AIM - THE NEXT LEVEL

In this workshop, teachers with at least two years previous AIM experience at the elementary level will be shown how to further develop their skills as an AIM teacher. Some of the material covered will include:

• Overview of The Three Essential Elements for effective AIM implementation


• The shift in emphasis of types/style of activities in Histoires en action ! #2 and #3


• The knowledge and skills developed in later kits and an overview of the new activities introduced


• How to engage in error analysis effectively to develop grammar and editing skills


• Teaching the past tense (le passé composé) and the imparfait both form and function


• Les règles en rap from Histoires en action ! #2 and #3 – when and how to introduce them


• Storytelling with applied grammar– how to challenge students


• incorporating specific vocabulary and grammar in storytelling


• Application of the past tense (function) in Mon journal and storywriting in le passé (with form vs function of all verbs)


• Partner/Group work – letting go! Learn about the increased importance of partner/group time and increased number of opportunities for partner activities


• A description of the new creative/higher order thinking activities Creative Improvisational Storytelling and Complète la phrase et devine le mot


• Writing a Rap de fin de classe


• New opportunities for more advanced forms of assessment : Les euros system, error correction codesystem, The AIM Assessment Kit, end-of-kit fluency test.End-of-Unit Cafè thèatre


• Question-and-answer session

Wendy Maxwell (M.A.) has 20 years of teaching experience, as both a Core French and immersion teacher. She is the author of Histoires en action !, Jeunesse en action !, Stories in Action! and seven volumes of plays. She has also co-written dozens of songs with her husband, Matt. She has developed a major breakthrough in second language instruction, and is the recipient of a 1999 Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence and the 2004 H.H. Stern Award. She has made appearances on Radio-Canada (CBC), CityTV (Vancouver), the Vicky Gabereau Show and the Europe-wide TV5. Wendy has given workshops in North America, Europe, Japan and Australia.

Presenter

Renée L. Villeneuve (B.Ed.) is the Junior French teacher at Havergal College for girls in Toronto. She graduated from the University of Ottawa with a Bachelor of Arts specializing in the French language as well as a Bachelor in Education (Cum Laude). She has taught French using the Accelerative Integrated Method Program (AIM) since 2003 at the primary/junior and intermediate levels. She also taught at The York House School for girls in Vancouver where this revolutionary approach of second language teaching was developed. Renée is now a consultant for AIM Language Learning Inc. and is looking forward to working with all future AIMers.

Workshop location
Holiday Inn
Kingston Waterfront
2 Princess Street, Kingston, ON
K7L 1A2 CANADA
Tel: (613) 549-8400

Cancellation Policy
Up to one week before date of workshop:
90% REFUND.
No refund if cancellation less than seven
days before workshop.

Registration will be closed on Friday, April 16, 2010

Workshop Date and Time
Saturday, April 24, 2010
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m.
Lunch served.

Cost of Workshop
Includes continental breakfast,
coffee break and full lunch.
1-day workshop rate:
$195.00 (including GST)