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Day, Elaine M.; Shapson, Stan M. – Language Learning, 2001
Evaluated the effect on French language proficiency of an integrated formal, analytic and functional, communicative approach to second language teaching in the immersion classroom. Impetus for the study arises from previous research indicating that immersion children show persistent weaknesses in their grammatical skills despite the fluent,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Grammar, Immersion Programs

Day, Elaine M.; Shapson, Stan M. – Language Learning, 1991
An experimental study was designed to evaluate the effect on French language proficiency of an integrated, formal, analytic and functional, communicative approach to second-language teaching in French immersion. The study consisted of 315 grade 7 early French immersion students. (28 references) (VWL)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Grade 7, Immersion Programs