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Peer reviewedTaylor, Shelley – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1992
A study investigated the academic, sociocultural, psychological, and linguistic adaptation of a shy four-year-old native Cantonese-speaking child enrolled in early French immersion in Canada, learning English and French simultaneously. Areas of future research on trilingualism are suggested, and the popular belief that immersion works only for…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Chinese, Educational Environment, Elementary Education
Dufieux, Bertrand; Prieur, Gerard – Francais dans le Monde, 1994
An interview with Guy Roy, adjunct minister of education and professional education in Manitoba (Canada), explores the role of French, French language instruction, and French-language education outside Quebec Province, and specifically in Manitoba. Issues discussed include language and cultural maintenance, immersion education, language attitudes,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Futures (of Society), Immersion Programs
Download full textDuquette, Georges – 1987
The existing minority language situation of French Canadians in Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritime Provinces is examined, highlighting the historical, political, social, and educational aspects of bilingualism in Canada. Additive and subtractive forces in Canadian bilingualism and biculturalism are outlined for comparison. French…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Core Curriculum, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education
Day, Elaine M. – 1986
British Columbia's first cohort of 58 students to complete their schooling in French immersion graduated from secondary school in June 1985. A survey used student attitude and opinion scales to assess the graduates' attitudes toward various aspects of French language and culture and their self- perceptions of their knowledge of French. A student…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, French
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. – 1991
Results of a provincial survey of Manitoba's French immersion program graduates are reported. The two most recent cohorts of graduates (1987-88 and 1988-89) from nine secondary schools were surveyed, with 225 respondents. Three introductory sections describe the study's background and purpose, methodology, and interpretation. The fourth section…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Educational Attitudes, Educational Benefits, Elementary Secondary Education
Ihde, Thomas W., Ed.; Stenson, Nancy, Ed. – Journal of Celtic Language Learning, 1996
The journal for teachers of Celtic languages in the United States and Canada contains six articles. "Motivation and Gender: A Welsh Case Study" (Christine M. Jones) examines data on characteristics of one group of students of Welsh, focusing on gender-related motivational differences. "Morphological Objects" (Annette…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, College Second Language Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational History
Baker, Colin – 1996
The textbook for training bilingual education teachers addresses psychological and social questions that enable teachers to define more clearly what they want to do in a classroom, and offers theoretical and practical information for a variety of social contexts. The first section addresses individualism and the social nature of bilingualism, and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Context
Stryker, Stephen B., Ed.; Leaver, Betty Lou, Ed. – 1997
A collection of essays contains articles on content-based foreign language courses at three levels (beginning, intermediate, advanced) and on foreign languages across the curriculum, including: "Content-Based Instruction: From Theory to Practice" (Stephen B. Stryker, Betty Lou Leaver); "Content-Based Instruction in a Basic Russian…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Arabic, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction
Language Association Bulletin, 1991
The five numbers of this journal for foreign language teachers include these articles: "Articulation: Beyond the Syllabus"; "Total Immersion in French at the Elementary School Level: An Observer's Report"; "'Columbus Countdown 1992' Announces a Cultural Project in New York City"; "Revising the Scope and Content…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Bilingual Education, Book Reviews, Class Activities
