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Peer reviewedDodson, C. J.; Thomas, Sara E. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1988
Presents a longitudinal examination of the effects of certain types of schooling (bilingual, immersion, mixed-language) on the concept development of monolingual, developing bilingual, or competent bilingual children in Wales. Results indicated that immersion programs temporarily retarded concept development of second language beginners.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Concept Formation, English, Foreign Countries
Beardsmore, Hugo Baetens, Ed. – 1993
This collection of 10 papers focuses on multilingual education programs and policies in Europe, concentrating on publicly-funded, non-elitist programs. The papers include: (1) "Bilingual Education in Wales" (Colin Baker); (2) "Catalan and Basque Immersion Programmes" (Josep Maria Artigal); (3) "Bilingual or Bicultural…
Descriptors: Basque, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Danish
Download full textJones, Delyth – 1996
This study investigated the degree of communicative competence of 8-year-old (n=45) students in five Welsh language immersion programs or Welsh-medium schools, comparing the children's skills with those of 10 native Welsh-speaking children. All were asked to retell a story show previously on video, and to participate in a group discussion task. In…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis
Ihde, Thomas W., Ed.; Stenson, Nancy, Ed. – Journal of Celtic Language Learning, 1996
The journal for teachers of Celtic languages in the United States and Canada contains six articles. "Motivation and Gender: A Welsh Case Study" (Christine M. Jones) examines data on characteristics of one group of students of Welsh, focusing on gender-related motivational differences. "Morphological Objects" (Annette…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, College Second Language Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational History
