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The Role of Phoneme and Onset-Rime Awareness in Second Language Reading Acquisition
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Haigh, Corinne A.; Savage, Robert; Erdos, Caroline; Genesee, Fred – Journal of Research in Reading, 2011
This study investigated the link between phoneme and onset-rime awareness and reading outcomes in children learning to read in a second language (L2). Closely matched phoneme and onset-rime awareness tasks were administered in English and French in the spring of kindergarten to English-dominant children in French immersion programmes (n=98).…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Phonemes, Second Language Learning, Phonological Awareness
Early English Immersion and Literacy in Xi'an, China
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Knell, Ellen; Haiyan, Qiang; Miao, Pei; Yanping, Chi; Siegel, Linda S.; Lin, Zhao; Wei, Zhao – Modern Language Journal, 2007
Instruction in English as a foreign language at an early age is becoming more common worldwide even though the effects of this early instruction are not yet known. This study investigated the English and Chinese language performance of students enrolled in early English immersion in a Chinese primary school. In addition, factors that could predict…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development, Identification, Word Recognition
Middle Immersion Study 1988. Research Paper 88-08.
Parkin, Michael; And Others – 1989
Ottawa's program of middle French immersion (MFI) instruction, beginning in fourth grade, was evaluated when the first cohort reached sixth grade. Results of the study were compared with those of other groups, particularly the early French immersion (EFI) program and late French immersion (LFI) program students. The evaluation also added data from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, English, Foreign Countries