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Saito, Kazuya – Language Learning, 2015
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of second language (L2) experience--operationalized as length of residence (LOR) in Canada--on late Japanese learners of English. Data collected from 65 participants consisted of three groups of learners (short-, mid-, and long-LOR groups) and two baseline groups of native Japanese and native…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Japanese
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Kim, Youn-Hee; Jang, Eunice Eunhee – Language Learning, 2009
The increasing numbers of English language learners (ELLs) in Canadian schools pose a significant challenge to the standards-based provincial tests used to measure proficiency levels of all students from various linguistic and cultural backgrounds. This study investigated the extent to which reading item bundles or items on the Ontario Secondary…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
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Day, Elaine M.; Shapson, Stan M. – Language Learning, 2001
Evaluated the effect on French language proficiency of an integrated formal, analytic and functional, communicative approach to second language teaching in the immersion classroom. Impetus for the study arises from previous research indicating that immersion children show persistent weaknesses in their grammatical skills despite the fluent,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Grammar, Immersion Programs
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Collins, Laura – Language Learning, 2002
Two cross-sectional studies used a replication design to investigate the degree to which adult Francophone English-as-a-Second-Language learners' use of tense/aspect markers in past contexts supported the predictions of the aspect hypothesis and the degree to which it showed first language influence. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Adults, Cross Sectional Studies, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries