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Originally Posted by Acajack
This is most definitely true.
It definitely maps onto subjects like math and science (which are also tested) but I have many doubts about it doing the same for French.
At least relative to students in other societies that are more wholly francophone.
Obviously they're better in French than kids in any other Ontario school system, and this IMO includes the province's French public system.
I know a bunch of these kids who go to Ontario French Catholic schools. I talk to them. I've read what they write.
I was actually in the company of a number of them this weekend.
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A thought comes to mind:
The most terrible English-language writing seemingly comes from native English speakers. Why? While familiarity should theoretically increase one's strength in the language, it can also serve to allow one to abuse it in ways non-native speakers don't have the same comfort with.
Every time I talk to someone (in English) from continental Europe, I generally am astounded at how formal and proper they sound. Their communication tends to reflect deliberate choice and work in phrasing, because they work with the language in a clinical sense, not an everyday one.
Maybe this effect is happening in Ontario with French? One uses the grammatically correct process, because one can't really abuse it otherwise.
You're probably right, though.
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