A Foreign Language

A Foreign Language 1958

★ 7.0TMDB 0h 30min Director: Stanley Jackson

Documentary

This film observes, in a Montréal public school, the teaching of English to immigrant children. To thousands of children arriving in Canada from Greece, Italy, France, Germany or Japan, English is "a foreign language." Under able coaching they begin to understand and even enjoy the vagaries of the English language.

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Crew

Director
Stanley Jackson
Producers
Roman Kroitor, Wolf Koenig
Executive Producers
Tom Daly
Cinematography
Reginald H. Morris

Details

Release date
Nov 2, 1958
Runtime
30 min
Status
Released
Studios
ONF | NFB
Country
Canada
Language
English

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