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Bruck, Margaret – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1985
This study examined the factors that best predict which elementary school children will transfer out of a French immersion program. Learner characteristics, teacher and parent evaluations, and family background were examined. Analyses suggest that attitudinal and motivational factors are of primary importance to the continuation of second-language…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, French, Immersion Programs
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Cenoz, Jasone; Valencia, Jose F. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1994
The influence of bilingualism on third language learning in a bilingual community is examined. Measures of the English-language achievement of students instructed through the majority (Spanish) and minority (Basque) languages, suggest that bilingualism and other variables (intelligence, motivation, age, exposure) were good predictors of…
Descriptors: Basque, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries