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Foreign Language Learning and Its Impact on Wider Academic Outcomes: A Rapid Evidence Assessment
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Murphy, Victoria A.; Arndt, Henriette; Baffoe-Djan, Jessica Briggs; Chalmers, Hamish; Macaro, Ernesto; Rose, Heath; Vanderplank, Robert; Woore, Robert – Education Endowment Foundation, 2020
The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) commissioned this Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) with a view to understanding what is known from the research literature concerning learning a foreign language (FL) and its impact on students' wider academic outcomes. The key questions addressed examine: (1) the research identifying what approaches to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Attribution Theory
A Sociohistorical Analysis of the Hawaiian Language Immersion Program.
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Yamauchi, Lois A.; Ceppi, Andrea K.; Lau-Smith, Jo-Anne – 1998
Papahana Kaiapuni is a K-12 indigenous language immersion program in selected public schools in the State of Hawai'i. Instruction in Kaiapuni classrooms is conducted in the Hawaiian language. Program goals include students' development of a high level of proficiency in both Hawaiian and English. For nearly a century, policy banning the Hawaiian…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Hawaiian, Heritage Education
Structured Immersion for Language Minority Students: Results of a Longitudinal Evaluation.
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Gersten, Russell – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1985
A structured immersion program, coupled with an effective curriculum and empirically validated teaching procedure, was offered to elementary Asian students entering a California school. This approach appeared to have significantly better results, and its effects were maintained for up to two years after completion. (LMO)
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Language Teaching in the Indian Ocean: Policy and Pedagogy in Three Developing Nations. A Study of the Formation of National Language Policies and Related Educational Programs in the Comoros, Mauritius, and Seychelles.
Richmond, Edmun B. – 1983
The findings of a study of language and language education policy in each of the three independent nations of Comoros, Mauritius, and the Seychelles are reported in this book. Each country is discussed separately, focusing on the linguistic and educational history, the existing educational system, and current language policies and programs.…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Creoles, Developing Nations, Educational History