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McKee, Elaine – 1983
The French Immersion Program at the University of Tulsa was evaluated. Eleven students enrolled during a six-week program were compared to 20 students enrolled in a traditional program at Ohio State University. Assessment was performed using an instrument designed to measure listening, reading, and writing skills. Students in the intensive setting…
Descriptors: French, Higher Education, Immersion Programs, Second Language Instruction
Lawton, Stephen B. – Education Canada, 1981
The article reports the results of a 1979-80 survey of the kind and number of French language programs in Canadian elementary schools. It notes the development of both traditional and immersion French language programs and the increasing enrollment in French programs, especially in Eastern Canada. (SB)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Elementary Education, Enrollment Trends, French
Lamarre, Nicole – 1990
The administration of French immersion program in an elementary school in Alberta, Canada, by anglophone principal with little or no knowledge of French is examined in this study. Interviews with eight anglophone elementary school principals found that a lack of knowledge of French was not perceived as a barrier to effective implementation of…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role, Bilingual Education
Curtain, Helena Anderson – 1986
A discussion of the immersion approach to second language instruction contains: a description of the approach and its goals; a brief history of its introduction into public schools; a description of the most common immersion program designs (early total, early partial, middle or delayed, and late); a review of available information on program…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational History, Elementary Education, Immersion Programs
Reusswig, James M. – 1981
An experimental program in California may offer a potential answer to the nation's acute need for bilingual teachers. In the 1960s and 1970s the number of limited- and non-English-speaking students expanded rapidly, especially among the Hispanic and Asian-Filipino populations. Students with such English-language problems are more likely to drop…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Cross Cultural Training, Elementary Secondary Education
Hawson, Anne – 1996
The cognitive aspect of second language learning, specifically by immersion method, is discussed from a biological perspective. The approach taken is that of "connectionism," a recently-developed theoretical and experimental approach to human cognition. It is argued that while general cognitive functioning is unaffected by language immersion,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Immersion Programs, Information Processing, Language Processing
Duquette, 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
Strevens, Peter; And Others – 1983
This selection of papers presents perspectives on various issues in language policy and language planning. The following papers are included: (1) "Teachers of --What? A Global Look at the 'E' of TESOL," by P. Strevens; (2) "Pidgin English: Hawaii's Unique Resource," by R. R. Day; (3) "National Language Policy in Nigeria:…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Dialect Studies, Educational Policy, English (Second Language)
Ritchie, Jenny – 1994
This paper describes the design of a new Maori, early childhood, immersion teaching diploma program at the University of Waikato (New Zealand). The program incorporates a strong focus on developing both the adult students' fluency in Maori, as a second language, and their skills for facilitating fluency in young children, many of whom will also be…
Descriptors: Child Development, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Lauren, Ulla – 1996
A study compared the narrative structures in stories told by monolingual Swedish-speaking children (n=19) and Finnish-speaking immersion students of Swedish (n=19), all in fifth grade. The immersion students had been taught in immersion since kindergarten. Subjects each told a story based on a wordless picture book, which was then analyzed for a…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Immersion Programs
Safty, Adel – 1990
Canada's French immersion program began in 1965 in response to anglophone parent demand for bilingual French/English instruction. Instruction entirely in French begins in kindergarten, and formal English instruction begins in third grade. The program's popularity has caused rapid expansion, with success attributed to changing attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Palma, Elvina L.; Myer, Bettye J. – 1988
A discussion of the use of science activities as a technique for second language instruction focuses on its application in both immersion and more traditional pull-out programs in the elementary school. First, a rationale for the use of hands-on science experiences in grade school second language classes is presented, noting the value of the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
de Courcy, Michele; Burston, Monique; Warren, Jane; Young, Paul – 1997
A study in an early French partial immersion program in a Melbourne (Australia) elementary school investigated participating children's performance in mathematics in English (their first language) and French. Mathematics testing in both languages has been undertaken regularly as part of a long-term evaluation of the program. In the first year of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
de Courcy, Michele – 1995
Drawing on a 1993 study of four students in a late French immersion program in Australia and findings from a 1991 study, the report looks at three areas: students' response to the learning context, including its more and less helpful characteristics; the experiences students consider most important for learning the language, including those…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Educational Environment, Educational Strategies
Kendall, Janet Ross; And Others – 1984
The reading skill development of anglophone kindergarten children in French immersion programs in Canada is the subject of the two papers included in this document. The first paper describes a study that examined the English reading ability of both kindergarten and first grade children in immersion programs and compared the results with those of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Educational Theories, English
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