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Download full textTroiani, Elisa A. – 1986
The foreign language faculty at College of Saint Scholastica Minnesota) developed and implemented 10-day Spanish and French immersion programs based on Peace Corps methodology as a means of affording students time for intensive study of those languages, improving students' fluency, and instituting a change in teaching methodology. The first…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Second Language Programs, French, Higher Education
South, Coleman – 1992
A study investigated the reliability of international students' English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) class performance as a predictor of academic performance. Subjects were 169 international students at Portland State University (Oregon) whose freshman and sophomore grade point averages (GPAs) and English language test scores for each language skill…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Educational Attainment
