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Basic Skills Revisited: The Effects of Foreign Language Instruction on Reading, Math, and Language Arts.

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Armstrong, Penelope W.; Rogers, Jerry D. – Learning Languages, 1997

Examines the effect of foreign language education on the basic skills of elementary school students. A group of third-grade students given three 30-minute Spanish language lessons per week performed as well as or better than a control group (given no second-language instruction) on academic achievement tests. (ER)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Cognitive Development, Control Groups