Canadian French immersion, a pedagogical program invohing French äs a language of instruction for English-speaking children, has often been taken äs a model for ways of improving intergroup relations. In this paper, a critical analysis of French immersion and French immersion research is presenied, focussing on t he impact of immersion on French-English relations. On the basis of this analysis, it is argued that it is necessary to examine second language instruction äs a social, economic and politicalprocess embedded in relations of power. Before any specific model can be extended to new contexts, the local, particular manifestations of this process must be taken into account.
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