Curriculum Correlations and Research Studies

AIM Kits are now approved by the Ontario Ministry of Education and are Trillium Listed
as they are proven to accelerate authentic language development

Many eyes are on the AIM as it is transforming how languages are taught.
Research published in 2019 in the Netherlands show that AIM students outperform
other students in ALL language skills!

Supporting Research Studies

The following are research studies supporting AIM and are available for download:

Why AIM Works: Supporting Research Studies, by Wendy Maxwell Download
AIM and Montessori, by Wendy Maxwell Download
Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Accelerative Integrated Method, by Wendy Maxwell Download
Actions Speak Louder than Words, by Shelley Forsythe Download
The Accelerative Integrated Method: A Descriptive Case Study, by Stephanie Arnott Download
The Accelerative Integrated Method: A Holistic Approach to the Teaching of French as a Second Language, by Wendy Maxwell Download
Teaching FSL with AIM, by Brandon Carroll Download
AIM in High School French Classrooms, by Audrey Rousse-Malpat, Marjolijn Verspoor and Saskia Visser Download
Innovation in French as a Second Language Teaching at the Elementary Level: An Exploratory Investigation, by Mardi Michels Download
Effectiveness of explicit vs. implicit L2 instruction, by Audrey Louise Marie-Jeanne Rousse-Malpat Download

Link to: ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines

Link to: Ontario Curriculum Grade 4-8

Link to: BC Curriculum and AIM alignment

What they’re saying about AIM…

AIM in Canada

Why We’re Failing at French – And how to actually teach a language, THE TYEE
It’s all French to me – Schools find different ways to help their students learn our other official language, TOWN CRIER
Program succeeds in AIM to engage students in learning French, OACS NEWS SERVICE
West Van’s French revolution, NORTH SHORE NEWS
“The answer to every French teacher’s dream’, THE OTTAWA CITIZEN
Speak French with your bare hands, NATIONAL POST
L’anglais par les gestes, LE SOLEIL
Program gives French teachers helping hand, THE BRAMPTON GUARDIAN
Fluency in French starts with the hands, THE CHRONICLE-JOURNAL
Learning French hands-on – Method of teaching through gestures gaining momentum, popularity with students, THE EDMONTON JOURNAL
Fluent French is program’s AIM, THE TORONTO STAR

AIM in the United States

Aim to Please!, LANGUAGE MAGAZINE
Accelerated learning of a second language at King Middle School, BERKELEY TIMES
Whole body language, SKAGIT VALLEY HERALD
Lake Ridge Kids ‘hand’-taught to speak French, THE PLAIN DEALER

AIM in Australia

Sign of the TImes: School finds success with new way of teaching languages,THE AGE
French revolution hits Ivanhoe, THE HEIDELBERG LEADER
Nous parlons français (We speak French), XPRESS

AIM in England

Cumbre del la classe – that’s starlet Jossie, THE CHICHESTER OBSERVER

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