Transcript Building Bilingual Communities: New York's French Bilingual Revolution FRENCH DLP DOWNTOWN-MIDTOWN PARENT GROUPS MAY 16, 2013 - FABRICE JAUMONT.

Building Bilingual Communities:
New York's French Bilingual Revolution
FRENCH DLP DOWNTOWN-MIDTOWN PARENT GROUPS
MAY 16, 2013 - FABRICE JAUMONT
BILINGUAL PROGRAMS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
School
Location
Borough
Created
Students
Grades
PS58
Carroll Gardens
Brooklyn
2007
300
K to 5
PS84
Upper West Side
Manhattan
2008
150
K to 5
PS110
Greenpoint
Brooklyn
2011
75
K, 1, 2
PS133
Park Slope
Brooklyn
2011
75
K, 1, 2
MS51
Park Slope
Brooklyn
2013
60
6
MS256
Upper West Side
Manhattan
2013
25
6
PS20
Clinton Hill
Brooklyn
2013
25
K
NY French American Charter
Harlem
2010
300
K to 5
French Heritage Language
Multiple
2005
300
Mix
Education Française à NY
Multiple
2005
200
Mix
Total number of children registered (all nationalities)
1,500 (estimate)
MANHATTAN (FRENCH CONSULATE STATS)
French Children 0 to 4 years old in
Manhattan in 2012
Upper East Side
288
Upper West Side
212
Lower East Side
84
Chelsea, Clinton
77
Greenwich Village, Soho
65
Gramercy Park, Murray Hill
55
Central Harlem
53
East Harlem
35
Lower Manhattan
27
(A)PS84, (B)NYFACS, (C)LFNY, (D)LK,
(E)UNIS, (F)EINY
BROOKLYN (FRENCH CONSULATE STATS)
French Children 0 to 4 y-o in Queens &
Brooklyn in 2012
Northwest Queens
27
West Central Queens
8
Southeast Queens
6
Jamaica
5
Northwest Brooklyn
151
Central Brooklyn
98
Greenpoint, Bushwick,
Williamsburg
Borough Park
37
17
East New York
8
Southwest Brooklyn
6
Flatbush
5
(A) PS110, (B) PS133, (C) PS58, (D) ISB,
(E) PS20 (tbc)
MIDDLE SCHOOL (FRENCH CONSULATE STATS)
French Children 5 to 10 y-o December 2012
Upper East Side
344
Upper West Side
151
Gramercy Park, Murray Hill
98
Chelsea, Clinton
62
Greenwich Village, Soho
58
Lower Manhattan
50
Lower East Side
46
Central Harlem
38
Inwood, Washington Heights
27
East Harlem
24
Northwest Brooklyn
174
Central Brooklyn
36
Greenpoint, Williamsburg
16
Flatbush
11
Borough Park
8
Bushwick
7
(A) MS256, (B) LFNY, (C) LK, (D) UNIS,
(E) EINY, (F) ISB, (G) MS51
NYC’S FRANCOPHONE IMMIGRATION
• Late 1990s = influx of young French-speaking families who could
neither afford to live in Manhattan nor pay for private schools.
• Steady increase in French-speaking populations, mostly in:
•Manhattan
•Brooklyn (Carroll Gardens, Bushwick, Canarsie)
•Queens (Cambria Heights)
•West Harlem
•South Bronx
• These populations include Caribbeans, West Africans, Europeans,
Canadians, Central Africans, North Africans, etc.
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FRENCH-SPEAKING PEOPLE IN NEW YORK CITY
French spoken at home (5 y & older - American Community Survey, 2011)
French including Patois, Cajun
85 911
French Creole
23,000 (114 986*)
French + French Creole who speak French
108 911
Includes French speakers 5 to 17 years (NYC 15.3%)
16 663
Estimated French speakers under 5 years (NYC 6.3%)
6 000
Estimated Total French speakers
116 000**
(5th place after English, Spanish,
Chinese & Russian)
*Total number of French creole speakers. According to Sociolinguist Flore Zephyr, 20% of Creole speaking people
are bilingual in French ** does not include language speakers who declared other language (West Africans, etc)
French people registered at New York French Consulate (December 2012)
Total
18 055 (31 033*)
5 to 17 years
2 541 (5 451*)
0 to 4 years
1 366 (1 960*)
*Total number of registered French in the tri-state
MORE SCHOOLS NEEDED
• 22 600 children who have French as heritage in
NYC,
• enough to fill 25 schools (NYC average 1/647)
• Time 2 if considering NYC’s dual-language model
(50% native speakers + 50% non-native)
• Schools gain from new program = more funds,
dynamic population, new opportunities for
enrichment, better results.
BENEFITS OF BILINGUALISM
• Bilingualism increases mental flexibility for children. Bilinguals will
have two or more words for a single object, concept or idea.
• Bilingual children are more willing and able to learn a third
language, and show an increased analytical orientation to
language.
• Children who study a second language score higher on verbal
standardized tests conducted in English. Bilingual children also
perform better in math and logic skills than children with just one
language.
• Learning a second language helps children build self-esteem,
creativity, problem-solving skills, and math ability.
• Bilingual children maintain a strong sense of their own identity
while developing sensitivity towards other people and cultures.
• Since bilinguals need to be aware of which language to speak in
which situation, a bilingual child is more aware of the needs of
the listener.
• Being taught in two languages gives children a head start in
competition for universities and jobs.
FRENCH BILINGUAL REVOLUTION
• 5 year plan
• Dedicated parents
• Enthusiastic principals to initiate French-English duallanguage programs in primary, middle, and high
schools.
• Serve 7,000 students in all boroughs
• Excellent Teachers (certified and bilingual)
• Quality across schools
• Fundraising
 more schools, better programs, better teachers,
greater access & opportunities for all
THANK YOU
OFFICIAL PAGES
frenchculture.org
consulfrance-newyork.org
schools.nyc.gov
COMMUNITY
newyorkinfrench.net
facebook/NewYorkinFrench
twitter/NewYorkinFrench
CONTACT
[email protected]
212 439 1436