Therapy dogs, an ex-tiger trainer and a French class: a recipe for deep learning

Annie Haddad

By Annie Haddad
Community contribution / September 26, 2019

One of the topics covered in my Year 7 French Class covers all things to do with dogs.

To introduce students to the topic, students are asked to talk about their pets, share photographs and emotional memories.

We ...

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Annie Haddad is a French teacher at Parkdale Secondary College. She is a member of AFTV (Association of French teachers of Victoria). She believes that French must be relevant to the teenage world. She believes interacting with native speakers and French companies are essential to prepare students to enter the workforce.

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