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Peer reviewedSwain, Merrill; And Others – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1981
Summarizes an evaluation of an early French immersion program at grades 6 and 8. In English language skills, immersion students performed as well as, or better than, English-only program groups; in mathematics and sciences, immersion students did as well as their comparison group. Other findings are discussed. (PJM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedSwain, Merrill; And Others – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1976
Research is presented in support of the theory that early French immersion of English-speaking children leads to bilingualism. The evidence is limited to children through the end of grade four. Comments and criticisms are made by three guest analysts. (RM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Elementary Education, FLES
Download full textBarik, Henri C.; Swain, Merrill – 1974
The school performance of pupils in grades 1-3 of the French immersion program in operation in Ottawa public schools is evaluated in comparison with that of pupils in the regular English program. The results indicate that by the end of grade 1 immersion program pupils taught reading in French are found to lag behind their peers in the regular…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, English, French, Immersion Programs
