English Institutions: Allophone

Vanier College Dept: It s not that Lis e said he thinks that by cutting off young allophones access to English institutions they will become any more proficient in French not after they ve spent 11 years in French school. He has a different goal: To make sure that during the years they are most likely to form lasting friendships, fall in love and choose a career, allophone youngsters are in a French milieu, according to Montreal Gazette. This month, Vanier College put on a symposium on language in the 21st century. One of the issues the school tackled was multilingualism and the English college experience. Speaking to a packed auditorium, a panel of six students in their late teens and early 20s from a variety of backgrounds talked about what it is like to be an allophone in today s Quebec and mONTREAL - They would instead slide seamlessly into French post-secondary institutions, spending their young adulthood immersed in a francophone setting. Lis e is provincial minister for the Francophonie, Montreal, trade and international relations, but it seems like his real role is to act as the blunt instrument that transforms Montreal into an almost exclusively French-speaking city. Would it work? Would allophones adopt a 100-per-cent French existence at home, on the job, in public if they were barred from English studies after high school? Or is the idea fantastic? (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.