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Direct linkZijlmans, Lidy; van Oostendorp, Marc; van Hout, Roeland – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
This article reports on the academic performance and experiences of non-native university students, specifically German students in a Dutch academic environment. These students have a substantial dropout rate. In an earlier study, we found correlations between results on language tests and study results. In this study, we used semi-structured…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Native Language, Indo European Languages, German
Igboanusi, Herbert – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2014
The education policies of 1988-2003 and 2004-2015 in The Gambia make provisions for the use of the L1 or area languages to serve as the media of instruction from Grades 1 to 3 and as school subjects from Grade 4 onwards. However, the policy on the use of L1 for teaching has not been implemented and what is practised instead is the use of English…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Planning, Educational Policy, Illiteracy
Guevremont, Anne; Kohen, Dafna E. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2012
This study uses data from the child and adult components of the 2001 Canadian Aboriginal Peoples Survey to examine what factors are related to speaking an Aboriginal language and how speaking an Aboriginal language is related to school outcomes. Even after controlling for child and family factors (age, sex, health status, household income, number…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Surveys, Foreign Countries, Children
