Sam Paterson
A3: VoxFranco, a Comprehensive Mobile Language Learning App
As an Early French Immersion teacher, I am interested in investigating the shortcomings of language learning and figuring out how to improve the experience of French Language learning. Canadian French Language learning and instruction is at a crossroads, as multiple factors affect the current and future success of the system. My presentation (found HERE) imagines […]
A1 – Language Learning with AI Tools
I teach Grade 6 French Immersion in semi-rural Newfoundland. Like many who teach second languages in Canada and beyond, it is very challenging to find authentic opportunities for my students to talk, learn, and engage in their “target language”. There are many digital tools that purport to help with this, but most lack the responsiveness […]
Snapchat Streaks
This is my first year teaching in a Junior High grade (Grade 8 Core French) and it’s been an illuminating experience to say the least. One thing I had not previously experienced was the pervasive effects of Snapchat on the interactions and culture of teenagers. Perhaps one of the most fascinating and troubling ideas for me in […]
Talkpal AI – ChatGPT in Support of Language Learning?
I am always on the lookout for new language learning tools. As someone who is raising my own bilingual children, and teaching in a French Immersion classroom, there is a lot to be excited about in recent years. Early in my teaching career (and when I was a younger language learner myself), resources were static. […]
Who Is Sam Paterson? What is he doing here? Are the rumours true?
Hi folks, my name is Sam Paterson, and I live with my 2 daughters and my partner Stephanie in Paradise, NL. I’m a French Immmersion teacher at a semi-rural middle school in Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s, where I teach Grade 6 French Immersion as well as some Grade 8 Core French. My non-instructional time is taken […]