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Peer reviewedde Courcy, M.; Burston, M. – Language and Education, 2000
Focuses on an early partial immersion program in Australia, in which children study mathematics in French. Testing of childrens' mathematics ability in their first and second languages (L2) is part of a long-term evaluation of the immersion program. Reveals new information about children's reading processes in their L2 and provides insights into…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Immersion Programs, Mathematics
Peer reviewedBournot-Trites, Monique; Reeder, Kenneth – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2001
Examines the effect of teaching mathematics in French on mathematics achievement evaluated in English. Analyzes the effect of increased intensity of bilingual education on mathematics achievement and the effects of language of testing in the context of French immersion at the intermediate level. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Foreign Countries, French, Immersion Programs
Peer reviewedDay, Elaine M.; Shapson, Stan M. – Language Learning, 1991
An experimental study was designed to evaluate the effect on French language proficiency of an integrated, formal, analytic and functional, communicative approach to second-language teaching in French immersion. The study consisted of 315 grade 7 early French immersion students. (28 references) (VWL)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Grade 7, Immersion Programs
Pawley, Catherine – 1983
This overview of research focuses on the characteristics of immersion programs in the Ottawa area. These are primary-entry, late-entry (grade 6 or 7), and secondary level bilingual programs. The following matters are treated: tests and testing conditions; comparisons with Canadian Public Service language requirements; comparisons between groups…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingualism, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Testing
Cronin, Mary C.; And Others – 1990
This document (two manuals combined) offers a practical, straightforward means of evaluating the reading level of students in French immersion classes at the elementary level. The evaluator's manual features a good review of the relevant publications in the field and provides clear, detailed descriptions of each of three reading levels, the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, FLES, Foreign Countries, French
Swaine, Merrill – TESL Talk, 1984
Discusses the development of a communicative language testing unit for grade nine French immersion students. The interlocking of teaching and testing is suggested, by preparing a potential testing unit for every communicative, theme-oriented curriculum teaching unit, thus aiming toward goals compatible with both teacher and student. (SL)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Foreign Countries, French, High Schools
Download full textGronholm, Maija – 1998
Generally, immersion is carried out in circumstances where children who speak the majority language are taught the minority language. In this way, the security of the language learners is secured in intensive teaching. In Pietarsaari, Finland, an experiment on language immersion has been started, in which minority Finnish children with a…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Elementary Secondary Education, Finnish, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedLyster, Roy – Applied Linguistics, 1994
A set of functional-analytic materials, entailing the study and practice of sociostylistic variation, was implemented in three eighth-grade French immersion (FI) classrooms by their respective teachers during French language arts classes over a five-week period. Pre- and posttests indicate that functional-analytic teaching improved FI students'…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries, French
Morrison, Frances; Pawley, Catherine – 1984
A study of the differences in achievement among Ottawa's grade 9 and 10 students taught in English and French in three subject areas (mathematics, geography, and history) in which suitable comparative measures were available had as subjects the students in 73 classes. The students in French-language classes were administered the test twice, once…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, English
Dicks, Joseph E. – 1995
Questioning the notion of a sensitive period for second language acquisition, this research examined students' interlanguage development in selected classes at two grades in early, middle, and late French immersion. These classes were administered the same verb tense tests: an oral elicited imitation test and written rational cloze test. Analysis…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cloze Procedure, College Students, Data Analysis
Alberta Learning, Edmonton. Direction de l'education francaise. – 1999
The materials in this document present the results of a study of French second language immersion testing in Alberta (Canada) public schools for grades 1-3 based on the curriculum instituted in 1998. As a result of the study, this collection was developed for grades 1-3 students who need to be taught French as a second language. A separate section…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries, French
PDF pending restorationTerry, Robert M., Ed. – 1991
Selected papers from the conference address four priorities in second language teaching: teacher education; instruction; curriculum; and testing. Papers include: "Listening Processes and Authentic Texts" (Donna Reseigh Long); "Directory of Foreign Language Teacher Preparation Programs in the United States: A Preliminary Report"…
Descriptors: Careers, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design
Lo Bianco, Joseph, Ed. – VOX: The Journal of the Australian Advisory Council on Languages and Multicultural Education, 1991
This document consists of the three issues of the serial "VOX" published in 1989-1991. Major articles in these issues include: "The Original Languages of Australia"; "UNESCO and Universal Literacy"; "Language Shift and Maintenance in Torres Strait"; "Maintaining and Developing Italian in…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Bilingual Education, Certification, Communicative Competence (Languages)
