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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