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The "Balance Effect"

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McNamara, John; And Others – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1978

A panel discussion of the effect of immersion programs on first and second language learning. Questions are raised regarding the effectiveness of the regular curriculum, results of immersion for majority language and minority or immigrant children, the meaning of linguistic competence and underlying cognitive and intellectual processes. (AMH)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education

Speaking in Many Tongues: Essays in Foreign-Language Teaching. Expanded 2nd Edition.

Rivers, Wilga M. – 1972

This volume includes the following seventeen essays on foreign language teaching: (1) "Rules, Patterns, and Creativity"; (2) "Talking Off the Tops of Their Heads"; (3) "From Linguistic Competence to Communicative Competence"; (4) "Testing and Student Learning"; (5) "Contrastive Linguistics in Textbook and Classroom"; (6) "From Skill Acquisition to…

Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cognitive Processes, Communicative Competence (Languages), Contrastive Linguistics