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Roessingh, Hetty; Douglas, Scott Roy – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2012
This study compares the undergraduate academic achievement of domestic English language learners (ELLs) of different age on arrival (AOA) cohorts to native English speakers (NS), all of whom graduated from local high schools. The broad research question that frames the study is how the literacy levels of ELLs of different AOA cohorts influence…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Comparative Analysis, Undergraduate Students, Academic Achievement
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Gunderson, Lee; D'Silva, Reginald Arthur; Odo, Dennis Murphy – TESL Canada Journal, 2012
Findings are presented from studies of the academic and language achievement of 1,307 young immigrant students whose educational history was traced from their arrival in Canada and entry into primary education in the early 1990s until their graduation from secondary schools. Five major findings are reported: school mobility, disappearance and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Immigrants, Foreign Countries, Dropout Rate