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Fitouri, Chadly – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1984
Tunisian students in the elementary grades were observed to see how they progressed, particularly when they began studying French in third grade. In year three the best pupils showed a marked improvement in academic achievement; pupils from middle or low socio-cultural brackets stagnated or regressed. Economic and cultural factors are discussed.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Comparative Education, Educational Research
Carey, Stephen T. – Canadian Journal for Exceptional Children, 1987
Studies on reading comprehension for bilingual students are reviewed to examine the importance of first-language mastery prior to second-language acquisition. Immersion program factors analyzed include automaticity, plateau effects, need for a variety of sociolinguistic settings, oral facility versus cognitive academic linguistic abilities, and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Elementary Secondary Education, French
