AI-fueled technologies make communicating in other languages easier than ever, but it still can’t replace the transformative value of learning a new language.
Long stays in separate language learning classes, as well as special education and adult education placements can have profound consequences in the lives of immigrant students. Lockers seen at a Montréal school in 2020.
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Roberta Soares, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Quebec research suggests some immigrant students may never make it from language-support placements to mainstream classes.
Luiz Capitulino,11, and his mom Sheyla Do Vale of Brazil embrace after becoming official Canadians during a citizenship ceremony at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on Monday, Sept. 25, 2017.
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