Families & Caretakers
We’re here to help families & caretakers of children in the Anglophone sector
navigate and enhance their child’s French language learning journey.
Explore various support services, resources and opportunities that are available.
How can parents support their children in French second (or additional) language acquisition?
- Watch French videos or media with your child
- Listen to French music or podcasts with your child
- Communicate positive messages about learning French to your child
- Read with your child in any language
- Talk to your child about what is happening in school
- Maintain communication with your child’s teacher(s) and monitor progress
GNB FSL education:
Visit the GNB FSL education website to explore the different French Second Language pathways in the Anglophone Sector.
Everyone at their Best: GNB FSL programs overview → video
On this page you will find information on:
Community support services & advocacy groups
Online resources & downloadable materials
French camps, exchanges & leadership opportunities
French cultural and community events
Community support services and advocacy groups
Inclusion NB
Inclusion NB offers personalized support and assistance to New Brunswick families who are caring for a child, youth, or adult with an intellectual or developmental disability.
Toll Free: 1-866-622-2548
info@inclusionnb.ca
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Autism Learning Partnership
The Autism Learning Partnership, a branch of the New Brunswick Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (EECD), who’s mission is to deliver to professionals and families high quality evidence-based training that promotes a common understanding of autism and skill development to help learners with autism reach their full potential.
Autism Learning Partnership (ALP) – Online Training Program – ALP
Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority (APSEA)
In collaboration with their partners, APSEA provides culturally and linguistically responsive, inclusive, equitable, and accessible educational services and supports to children and youth who are blind or visually impaired and/or Deaf or hard of hearing and their families.
Learning Disability Association of NB (LDANB)
LEARNING DISABILITIES ASSOCIATION OF NB (LDANB) offers support for students with a learning disability.
Barton Tutoring Program: (LDANB) offers tutoring services in both English and French. In 2021, they launched a French Tutoring Program for students in French immersion.
(506) 459-7852
Neil Squire Society: Assistive Technology
Assistive technology (AT) includes devices, equipment, media and services used by students with physical, cognitive, sensory, speech, learning or behavioural difficulties that allow them to actively engage in improving or maintaining their ability to meet learning outcomes and maximize their learning success. The Neil Squire AT Help Desk service provides another layer of support to families, and educators.
Toll-free: 1-855-450-3287
ta-atsupport@neilsquire.ca
New Brunswick Public Libraries
New Brunswick Public Libraries is a network of 63 public libraries, online services, and books-by-mail services. Each library reflects and celebrates the unique qualities of the communities they serve to offer services that meet their needs.
Through varied services and programs, they keep people connected, learning, reading, playing, and creating in today’s ever-changing world.
Services include:
- accessibility services and adaptive work stations
- Online Catalogue Home-Accueil
- Access to Rosetta Stone online language learning platform
- Website
211 New Brunswick
This up-to-date, accessible, searchable database provides comprehensive access to information about social, community, health and government services in NB.
Parents for Bilingual Education New Brunswick
Parents for Bilingual Education New Brunswick is a non-profit organization committed to promoting bilingualism in New Brunswick. They strive to support families and provide opportunities for Anglophone students to learn and use French, as well as seek to strengthen rapprochement between linguistic communities.
PBENB offers French language camps at Snider Mountain Ranch, free virtual tutoring and other programs and opportunities to aid in FSL learning across New Brunswick.
info@cpfnb.net
Canadian Parents for French
Canadian Parents for French is a nationwide, research-informed, volunteer organization that furthers bilingualism by promoting opportunities to learn and use French. They offer various supports and opportunities, such as family movie nights, cultural experiences and free virtual tutoring.
Key downloadable resources from CPF and Quick links: I’m Learning French! 10 Answers for Parents about French Immersion Growing up Bilingual/Multilingual Member Resources – Canadian Parents for French
Online resources & downloadable materials to support FSL learning at home
3 levels of French language learning resources to support your child at home:
We recommend checking first with your child’s teacher to better understand their current stage in French language learning. This will help you choose resources that best support their personal progress and language development.
Getting Started
Beautiful Beginner (CEFR A1 to early A2) Learners are beginning to understand and use simple words and phrases. They can recognize familiar words in spoken language and express basic needs.
Building Skills
Incredible Intermediate (CEFR A2 to early B1) Learners can participate in simple conversations, understand key points in everyday speech, and start expressing ideas with support.
Gaining Confidence
Awesome Advanced (CEFR B1+) Learners can follow longer conversations, understand the main ideas in spoken language, and communicate more independently in familiar situations.
French camps, exchanges and leadership opportunities
Official Language Programs - ages 13+
Imagine learning or improving your French-speaking skills while making new friends and experiencing a different local culture and way of life in another part of Canada. That’s EXPLORE!
EXPLORE is an intensive, government-funded immersion programs offered during the spring and summer in exciting locations across the country. The sessions are taught at accredited institutions, and students live on campus or with local host families.
EXPLORE offers language-learning programs for participants 13 to 15 years old, and students who are 16 or older. It is inclusive and welcoming to varied language learning abilities!
***Upon completion of this program, high school students may apply to their school administration or guidance department to obtain a school credit (Techniques de communication orale 110 or 120***
Visit the Official Languages Programs website Official Languages Programs to find out more about Explore and other opportunities available for older participants.
Université de Moncton Summer French Programs for middle & high school
In partnership with l’Université de Moncton, the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development offers 2 exciting French summer programs, that are open to all anglophone school district students at all levels of French.
High School – In-person Summer French Program
IMPACT is a four-week summer French program for students in grades 9 & 10. Students stay on campus and accommodations and meals are included.
Please view the 2025 brochure for more details
***Upon completion of this program, high school students may apply to their school administration or guidance department to obtain a school credit (Techniques de communication orale 110 or 120***
Middle School – Online Summer French Program
CONNECT is an online French program for middle school students in Grades 6, 7, and 8. The program offers 3 themed weeks, students can choose to register in one, two, or in all three weeks.
Please review the 2025 brochure for more details
YMCA Emplois d’été – Summer Works for ages 16-17
The YMCA Summer Work Student Exchange (SWSE) is a six-week program that offers youth ages 16-17 the opportunity to gain paid work experience, practise their second official language skills, and discover another community within Canada.
- Travel to an area of Canada where your second official language is spoken
- Work full-time in a community-based organization
- Stay with a host family
- Participate in program activities
- Become acquainted with your new community
- Make new friends and have fun
Work: Gain work experience by being provided with a paid summer job in the public sector or with a non-profit organization. This will give you a chance to contribute and make an impact in communities across the country!
While on exchange, you will work full-time with a non-profit or public sector organization. You are paid at the provincial minimum wage of the province you’re working in, while being provided opportunities to grow valuable skills.
The program strives to be accessible and support youth of diverse cultures and beliefs, income levels, skills and interests.
***Upon completion of this program, students may apply to their school administration or guidance department to obtain a school credit (Techniques de communication orale 110 or 120***
Check out their website for more details ymcagta.org
Bilingual Correspondents grades 7-12
The United Bilingual Correspondents program aims to connect French-speaking youth from across the country who share common interests. It is open to students in Grades 7-12, who want to meet bilingual Canadians from other provinces, enhance their language skills, or learn more about Canadian diversity!
Every year, French for the Future matches hundreds of candidates from across Canada at all levels!
You don’t have to be an expert in French to become a Bilingual Correspondent! This program is here to help you improve.
Program’s goals
- Create an environment that fosters improvement and practice of the French language
- Encourage the creation of connections between participants from 7th to 12th grades
- Develop an appreciation for the French language and Francophone cultures of Canada
- Raise awareness about the Canadian Francophonie’s diversity amongst French-speaking youth
- Promote open-minded thinking about the French language as a tool for personal expression
Register during the month of Sept → United Bilingual Correspondents – Speak French – Chat With French Speakers (french-future.org)
Learn more about all of the free programs offered by French for the Future – Français pour l’avenir – French for the Future programs
French for the Future Ambassador grades 10-11
Open to Grade 10 and 11 students, the National Ambassador Youth Forum (FNJA) brings together 35 students from across Canada, enrolled in French programs!
WHY BECOME A FRENCH FOR THE FUTURE AMBASSADOR?
Your mission as an ambassador is to promote the French language and official bilingualism in your school throughout the year following the FNJA by organizing activities related to French.
- Tap into your linguistic abilities and build confidence in French
- Start your leadership journey and learn to turn your project ideas into reality
- Connect with fellow francophones and francophiles nationwide!
Before you start your year as an ambassador, you will attend a free week of training in August!
Immerse yourself in a 6-day adventure in a dynamic week of workshops, activities, and unforgettable experiences centered around the significance of bilingualism. Travel, accommodation and all activities are free for participants. Before you start your year as an ambassador, you will attend a free week of training in August. The Forum not only equips you for your role as an ambassador but also provides a unique opportunity to foster connections and friendships with other participants.
WHO CAN JOIN THE ADVENTURE?
Applications are open to students Canada-wide who are:
- currently in grade 10 or 11
- enrolled in a French program (French Immersion or Post Intensive French)
- comfortable communicating in French and English with and in front of their peers
- involved in French extracurricular activities
- leadership-oriented and ready to make a lasting impact!
Click here for more details about the program and how to apply
French Language Learning Opportunities: online digital resource for middle & high school
We’re excited to introduce a new online digital resource for students grades 7-12, designed specifically to support them on their personal journey of learning French. This resource is packed with inclusive French language learning opportunities (e.g. exchanges, camps, student leadership), helpful tools, and practical information to empower students and encourage greater autonomy in their language-learning experience.
Use mobile for the best user experience: click here for the link
French cultural and community events
The FrenchStreet.ca® database is nationally developed and maintained by Canadian Parents for French (CPF). It is an effort to build awareness and understanding of Francophone culture through active participation in community activities all around us. French Street
Stay tuned for upcoming fun French family events happening within the province of NB.
ARCf works with all organizations in the region to improve French-language services and ensure the vitality of the Greater Saint John francophone community. ARCf de Saint-Jean
Carrefour communautaire Beausoleil’s mission is to promote the development and influence of the Miramichi region’s Acadian and Francophone communities. Carrefour Beausoleil
The Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne supports the Greater Fredericton Francophone community in its development, growth and influence. Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne