Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association
Volume 52 Issue 1, December 2014
5 – 10
Mathematical Discourse in the French Immersion Classroom
Lisa Sauder
Math class begins. and I ask my students questions, trying to encourage dialogue or discourse as we attempt to solve a problem. “Je ne comprends pas” (“l don’t understand”) and “Je ne sais pas comment dire” (“I don’t know how to say”) are often the first comments out of my students mouths.