Interview with Richard Guidry

Accession No.: 
BE1-099

00:25 - CODOFIL was a response to the grassroots preservation efforts of people like Dudley LeBlanc;
02:45 - French education - At first, CODOFIL programs were only teaching French for 30 minutes per day;
04:30 - Bilingual education act was completely separate from the CODOFIL program;
09:00 - Deficiencies of the early CODOFIL programs;
14:30 - Recruiting Canadian French teachers;
19:00 - Shortcomings of how teachers were hired;
20:45 - Retaining hires with J1 visa;
22:00 - Developing a curriculum guide for the bilingual program;
22:30 - Language learning and retention; French teachers

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
Cajuns; Louisiana, Politics; French Language
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Richard Guidry
Recording date: 
Sunday, March 7, 1999
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Shane Bernard / Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
30:58
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore