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A Comparative Study of the Extra-Curricular Use of French and English by Anglophone and Ethnic Minority Students Schooled in French.
Adiv, Ellen; Dore, Francine – 1982
A study investigated the extra-curricular use of French and English by 289 anglophone and ethnic minority fifth and sixth grade students in Montreal. The students were divided into three groups: (1) French sector children in regular French classes; (2) French sector children who were recent immigrants and enrolled in a 10-month familiarization…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Core Curriculum, Diaries, English
An Evaluation of the Intensive French Program: Grades 4 and 5.
Adiv, Ellen; Dore, Francine – 1983
A study was designed to assess French second language proficiency, native language skills, and academic achievement of students in an intensive French program in an English language school in Montreal. Subjects consisted of three groups of grade 4 and three groups of grade 5 students, each grade level having one group from the intensive French…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
An Analysis of Second Language Performance in an Early French Immersion Program: Grades 3, 4 and 5.
Adiv, Ellen – 1980
Research was conducted to investigate the development of linguistic competence in early French immersion programs. Fifty-five students in grades 3, 4, and 5 were administered a test of oral production in French. Twenty-seven grammatical features were examined by means of a detailed error analysis. The results show that there was little improvement…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Elementary Education, Error Analysis (Language)