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Syntactic Comprehension in Reading and Listening: A Study with French Children with Dyslexia
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Casalis, Severine; Leuwers, Christel; Hilton, Heather – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2013
This study examined syntactic comprehension in French children with dyslexia in both listening and reading. In the first syntactic comprehension task, a partial version of the Epreuve de Comprehension syntaxico-semantique (ECOSSE test; French adaptation of Bishop's test for receptive grammar test) children with dyslexia performed at a lower level…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Foreign Countries, French, Syntax
The Development of Language and Reading Skills in the Second and Third Languages of Multilingual Children in French Immersion
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Berube, Daniel; Marinova-Todd, Stefka H. – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2012
The relationship between first language (L1) typology, defined as the classification of languages according to their structural characteristics (e.g. phonological systems and writing systems), and the development of second (L2) and third (L3) language skills and literacy proficiency in multilingual children was investigated in this study. The…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Multilingualism, Language Classification, Grade 4
Textes et documents authentiques au Niveau 2 (Literary Criticism at Level II)
Coste, Daniel – Franc Dans Monde, 1970
Special issue devoted to teaching Level II French. (DS)
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Content Analysis, French, Language Instruction
Les problemes de la comprehension et de l'expression ecrites (The Problems of Comprehension and Written Expression)
Calvet, Louis-Jean – Franc Dans Monde, 1970
Special issue devoted to teaching Level II French. (DS)
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, French, Illustrations, Language Instruction
The Effect of Prereading, Rhetorically-Oriented Frameworks on the Recall of Two Structurally Different Expository Texts.
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Lee, James F.; Riley, Gail L. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1990
Explored the effect of giving novice foreign language readers information about the rhetorical structure of an expository text as a text adjunct. Results indicated that an expanded framework is an effective text adjunct for the comprehension of the expository prose. (27 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: College Students, Expository Writing, French, Higher Education
L'Entrainement a la Comprehension Ecrite des Etudiants Etrangers de la Faculte des Sciences (Reading Comprehension Training for Foreign Students in the Science Faculty). Melanges Pedagogiques, 1977.
Duda, R.; Regent, O. – 1977
The ability of foreign students to read non-scientific material efficiently is important for rapid social and cultural integration. This report describes the reading comprehension section of a French language course aimed at foreign students at the Nancy Science Faculty. Exercises are presented which cover morpho-syntactic, communicative and…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Foreign Students, French, Higher Education
Evaluating the Relative Effectiveness of Structured-Input and Output-Based Instruction in Foreign Language Learning: Results from an Experimental Study
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Erlam, Rosemary – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2003
This paper reviews studies that have contrasted the effectiveness of structured-input instruction with output-based instruction. It then presents results from a study comparing the relative effects of structured-input and output-based instruction on students' ability to comprehend and produce direct object pronouns in second language French. Three…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, Second Language Learning
French Language Arts: Programme d'etudes du secondaire deuxieme cycle (10-12). Francais langue seconde--immersion (French Language Arts: High School Curriculum [10-12]. French as a Second Language--Immersion).
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Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Language Services Branch. – 2000
The report, entirely in French, describes Alberta's curriculum for high school French immersion, as revised in 1998. An introductory section offers background information on the curriculum revision, links between the core curriculum and French immersion, underlying principles of second language instruction, the revised curriculum's objectives and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries