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Digital Plurilingual Pedagogies in Foreign Language Classes: Empowering Language Learners to Speak in the Target Language
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Galante, Angelica; Zeaiter, L. F.; dela Cruz, J. W. N.; Massoud, N.; Lee, L.; Aronson, J.; de Oliveira, D. S. A.; Teodoro-Torres, J. A. – Language Learning Journal, 2023
While studies have shown benefits of plurilingual pedagogies on students' experiences learning languages, more research is needed to examine how these pedagogies can be enacted in foreign language programmes in digital environments. Moreover, prioritising oral engagement has been an urgent need among teachers who use synchronous platforms such as…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Native Language, Teacher Attitudes, Multiple Literacies
An Intensive Look at Intensity and Language Learning
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Collins, Laura; White, Joanna – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2011
In this longitudinal study we investigated whether different distributions of instructional time would have differential effects on the acquisition of English by young (aged 11-12 years) French-speaking learners. Eleven classes of Grade 6 students (N = 230) in two versions of a similar intensive English as a second language program were followed…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), French
An Evaluation of the Francization Program in Kindergarten.
Adiv, Ellen; Dore, Francine – 1983
A study was undertaken to assess the French second language proficiency of kindergarten students in two intensive French programs and to assess the development of mother tongue skills of native English speakers in a third program. The three subject groups were as follows: (1) students in a full-day immersion program; (2) francization (half-day)…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English, Foreign Countries, French
Intensive ESL Programmes in Quebec Primary Schools.
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Spada, Nina; Lightbown, Patsy M. – TESL Canada Journal, 1989
Reports on a study designed to investigate the second language development of francophone children in an experimental intensive English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program in Quebec. Results indicated that subjects outperformed students in regular ESL programs on listening and reading comprehension tests and in oral fluency and had more positive…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, French
An Evaluation of the Intensive French Program: Grades 4 and 5.
Adiv, Ellen; Dore, Francine – 1983
A study was designed to assess French second language proficiency, native language skills, and academic achievement of students in an intensive French program in an English language school in Montreal. Subjects consisted of three groups of grade 4 and three groups of grade 5 students, each grade level having one group from the intensive French…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Intensive French and Intensive English: Similarities and Differences
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Germain, Claude; Lightbown, Patsy; Netten, Joan; Spada, Nina – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2004
This article provides a historical overview and comparison of intensive English (IE) and intensive French (IF) programs in Canada. Comparisons are made in terms of the total time allotted to the intensive period, the selection of students, the number and types of schools offering the programs, the models of delivery, and the type of pedagogy and…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries, French, English (Second Language)
Writing Apprehension in L2.
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Masny, Diana; Foxall, Justine – 1992
A study investigated links between writing apprehension, preferred writing processes, and academic achievement in 28 adult learners of English as a Second Language (ESL). One group was of varying language background in an intensive intermediate ESL class and the other consisted of francophone Canadians in an evening intermediate ESL writing class…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Students, Arabic