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Knell, Ellen Shipley – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The present study investigated the efficacy of early English immersion in the Shi Da Fu Elementary School in Xi'an, China. Three hundred and fifty one students were tested in Grades 1-6. There were two main purposes that motivated this longitudinal and cross-sectional study. The first goal was to compare the L1 and L2 language and literacy…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Immersion Programs, Oral Language, Phonological Awareness
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Knell, Ellen; Haiyan, Qiang; Miao, Pei; Yanping, Chi; Siegel, Linda S.; Lin, Zhao; Wei, Zhao – Modern Language Journal, 2007
Instruction in English as a foreign language at an early age is becoming more common worldwide even though the effects of this early instruction are not yet known. This study investigated the English and Chinese language performance of students enrolled in early English immersion in a Chinese primary school. In addition, factors that could predict…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development, Identification, Word Recognition