Canada is a country which has two official languages: English and French. Every Canadian citizen are given lessons on both languages throughout their educational years. The instructions at school in all provinces are taught primarily in English except for the province of Quebec, where French is the main language of instruction.
English lessons in Quebec begin in grade 3 (7-8 years old) and will continue until the end of high school (16-17 years old). Due to the wide variety of people in Quebec, students are placed in different levels: normal, advanced or mother tongue.
English lessons are strictly given in English, the use of French is permitted between students, but all instructions are given in English. The classes emphasize 3 components: oral presentations, reading and writing.
Oral presentations are often given to students. Practical usage of the language is the main focus, reading and writing comes in close second. The usual form is for students to team up with either 1 or 2 students, prepare and then perform their presentation for roughly 5 minutes in front of the classroom. Students are given much leeway on how they can work on this assignment, a topic is given and this is usually sufficient instructions.
The practice of reading is usually performed by having students being handed short stories; books are usually given as reading assignments. An allotted time is provided for each student to read through the text. This will usually be followed-up by a questionnaire to be filled on what was just been read. Class discussion may entail to further the comprehension.
Writing assignments are periodically assigned. A choice of 2 to 3 topics are offered, students must then write a short essay which attempts to cover the main points. The student usually has little to no source material to gather information from; hence must write out of his own personal experience and knowledge. Importance is given on the structure of writing. Much time is given for the student to be able to express themselves properly to any given audience, hence a common format is adopted at an early age and repeated throughout their educational years. This format typically revolves around having a strong thesis; which concerns itself with having cohesive structure throughout the text.
Grammar, though not diminished in importance, is not given as much emphasis in the educational model. All students are given general rules of grammar, though the finer details of English remain obscured unless pursued at the University level. Sentence structure is not taught specifically through a lesson, but will constantly resurface overtly in a class. The teacher will often follow the correction of a written assignment on a 1to1 basis with the student to fine tune where improvement can be laid. The proper spelling of vocabulary is what teachers often place much focus upon.
To finish this brief text, there are 2 main differences which I can see between the model being taught in Canada (Quebec) and in China. The first being on not having as much emphasis on learning the “why” of the language, by this I mean, the Canadian model concerns itself more with the language being practical and useful for daily usage rather than the reason behind it. In my humble opinion, the “why” should be more at the forefront in the Canadian model, but shouldn't be the concern that either makes a student pass or fail in learning English as a language. The second point I would like to highlight is that memorization/learned by heart is not a method that is used in Canada; students are allowed to make mistakes and not be perfect it the use of the language. A student can afford himself to not be at the top of a class and still pass a course. This comes down to having a student that is simply able to express himself to the best of his own merit. At the end of the day, learning anything in life should be something that we are not forced to do, but be something that we enjoy and are proud of accomplishing, learning a new language should be taught way.
加拿大是一个有两种官方语言的国家：英语和法语。每一位加拿大人在他们的学生生涯中都要接受这两种语言的课程。所有省份的课程都以英语为主，除了以法语为母语的魁北克省。
魁北克的学校从三年级（7-8岁）开始设立英语课，一直到高中结束（16-17岁）。由于那里的居民情况多样，学生们也有级别的划分：普通，高级和母语。
英语课上课时必须用英语，学生与学生之间可以用法语交流，但是老师的讲解是用英语的。课堂上主要有三个部分：口语展示，阅读和写作。
口语展示通常都由学生来做。语言的实际运用是最重要的，阅读和写作紧随其后。口语展示的形式就是一到两人为一个小组，经过准备，然后在全班同学面前表演五分钟左右。给他们一个题目，学生们可以自由发挥。
阅读的练习通常是发给学生们短篇故事。而书籍是作为阅读的功课。给学生一定的时间读完一篇短文，然后后面会有一张回答问题的卷子，问题都是与刚刚读过的短文相关。课堂讨论是必需的，因为可以加深学生对于短文的理解。
写作的功课会定期布置。会给学生两到三个主题，必须写一篇短文包含主要的论点。大家没有很多材料，因此必须写出自己的人生经历和知识，重要的是写出文章的架构。老师给学生许多时间来正确的表达自己的意见并且倾听，因此学生幼年时就会接受一个常见的格式，并且在今后的学生生涯中不断地重复。这种格式是典型的围绕一个论点，文章与论点紧密结合。（译者注：这种写作模式就是议论文）
语法，虽然没有削减其重要性，但是并没有作为教育模式的重点。老师会教给所有学生基本的语法规则，但是一些细小的细节不会教授除非学生达到大学的水平。句子结构也不会在课文中特别讲解，但时常会在课堂上提到。老师经常与学生进行一对一的作文批改，告诉学生需要调整进步的地方。单词的拼写是老师们注重的地方。
在结束这篇短文之际，我再说说我所看到的在加拿大（魁北克）和中国教学模式的两点不同。第一，并没有把重点放在这个语言的“为什么”。我的意思是，加拿大的教学模式在于语言的日常实际运用而不是使用原因。个人愚见，这个“为什么”应该是在加拿大教学模式的更加重要之处，但不是涉及学生的英语学习及格与否。第二点，我想着重说的是，加拿大并不使用背诵的方法，学生允许犯错，也可以在用这种语言时不完美。学生不必争第一，只要通过考试就行。这实质上是让学生在他最优秀的方面表现自己。最后我想说，学一些我们真真正正喜欢的，而不是被强迫的，并且在学完后能令我们感到骄傲的东西。学习一门新的语言就该用这种方法。
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