Interview with Jacqueline Lord – a summary

Jacqueline Lord’s (J.L) taped interview on different points affecting ESL teaching in Quebec reveals three major elements to be regarded upon as the problems they generate but also with the solutions they bring forth. In the following summary, I will extract these points from the interview and contrast them with the suggested solutions. Finally, I will give my personal opinion on the overall idea of how ESL teaching requires important attention and revision.

The first problem stated by J.L. is the manner in which ESL teaching is affected by socio-political and socio-cultural overtones. The government as well as the people’s incapacity to separate academic English teaching with English at the political level has revealed itself to be nuisance to the progression of ESL teaching programs. Undoubtedly, as long as the government and people stand afraid of loosing both their French heritage and their vote count, the overall improvement of conditions within the ESL program as well as s...