The delayed but very successful Foreign Languages Conference  & Annual General Meeting  was held at the Jamaica Conference Center on the 1st of February 2019.

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Big thanks first of all to our Education Officer for French , Miss Roxanne Lovelace for all the hard work she put in to have made the day a successful one. The first half of the conference was done by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information (MOEYI), and the Minister . Senator The Honorable Ruel Reid was the keynote speaker of the event. The ambassadors of Mexico , France , Venezuela and Cuba were well in attendance to support the foreign language teachers . 

 

The days proceedings started with a devotion done by students of the Shortwood teachers' college and Sam Sharpe teachers' college . Songs and scriptures done in French and English . The rest of the day was indeed productive and informative .We were able to follow the program by way of a beautiful magazine compiled by Stephanie  Anderson Chung , a spanish lecturer from the University of Technology . Hats off to all the teachers who have written and continue to create books for their foreign language students . Mr. Courtney Taylor was saluted and remembered for his contributions to the ministry of education especially to  development and teaching of Spanish in Jamaica . May his soul rest in peace .

 

The second half facilitated annual general meetings for JAFT (french ) and ANPE (Spanish) .

Our general meeting was good , as we were graced with the presence of An icon of French teaching  in Jamaica Dr. Jean Small. Our annual election was conducted by our education officer Miss Roxanne Lovelace . 

The results of  the Election are as follows : 

President:                 Mrs Mylène Ferriera                        Caribbean Maritime University

Vice-President:         Mrs Shelley Wong                            St George’s College

 Secretary:                 Mrs Shauna Gaynor Smith             Ardenne High

Treasurer:                  Mr Antwain Williams                       Old Harbour High

PR/IT officer:             Ms Ronique Small                            Caribbean Maritime University

 Representative – (Central and West region): 

                                    Mrs Venette Bergeron                     Manchester High

Representative – (St Andrew, St Catherine and St Thomas): 

                                    Mrs Sharon Hunter Pennicook       St Thomas Technical

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​JAFT received a plaque from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information “for its significant contribution to Foreign Language Education in Jamaica”.

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Les enseignants changent le monde , un enfant à la fois . 

Teachers change the world , one student at a time . 

 

Vive le français en Jamaïque ! 

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Written by : Ronique Small

PR/IT representante de la Jaft 

Assistant Lecturer of French 

Caribbean Maritime University 

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