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A French-English School Exchange Program: Feasibility and Effects on Attitudes and Motivation
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Cziko, Gary A.; Lambert, Wallace E. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1976
This article reports on a pilot study undertaken to determine the effect that a new student exchange program would have on student attitudes and student motivation in second language learning. (CLK)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, English, French, Language Instruction
Student Exchanges: Getting to Know One Another.
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Mollica, Anthony – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1985
Discusses student cultural exchange programs in Canada, focusing on: (1) the value of cultural exchanges and (2) the findings of research studies on the effects of student exchanges on second-language proficiency and student attitudes toward the people they are visiting. A list of current exchange programs is appended. (SED)
Descriptors: Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Exchange, Intercultural Communication
Contacts inter-ethniques: Leurs effets sur l'attitude et la motivation en langue seconde (Cross-Cultural Contacts: Their Effects on Second Language Learners' Attitudes and Motivations).
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Deshaies, Denise; Hamers, Josiane – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1981
Presents the results of an evaluation of the effect of short interethnic exchange programs on attitudes and motivations linked to second language learning. Analyzes the results obtained in three experiments, showing that the attitudinal/motivational variables are positively influenced by this type of exchange. (Author/MES)
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Cross Cultural Training, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups
Un Bain Culturel et Linguistique de Trois Mois en Milieu Francophone, Peut-Il effacer les Lacunes de l'Immersion (Can a Three-Month Interlinguistic Exchange in a Francophone Environment Overcome the Errors of Fossilization)?
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Lussier, Denise; Masse, Carole – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1995
Reports on the speech difficulties of four French immersion anglophone students participating in a three-month interlinguistic exchange. Each student was interviewed three times, and the transcripts were analyzed for linguistic, sociolinguistic, and sociocultural errors in oral French and for performance evaluation by the students. (51 references)…
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Foreign Countries, French, Immersion Programs