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de Courcy, Michele; Warren, Jane; Burston, Monique – Language and Education, 2002
A recent survey of teachers in a French early partial immersion program revealed concerns for those who teach English as to whether an immersion program is suitable for all children. Teachers believed, among other things, that the problems of children who were learning English and French as second languages were compounded by the program.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Immersion Programs, Language Teachers

de Courcy, Michele – Babel: Journal of the Australian Modern Language Teachers' Associations, 1991
Addresses common questions about immersion-type language programs in Australia through interviews with 18 immersion program students. An explanation is given of what goes on in an immersion program; and student comments regarding the program's knowledge, academic, cultural, social, and general aspects are provided. (six references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immersion Programs, Interviews, Program Descriptions

de Courcy, Michele; Burston, Monique; Warren, Jane – Babel, 1999
Presents data on interlanguage development obtained from a storytelling exercise using a picture storybook for children in an Australian French-English immersion program. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, English, Foreign Countries, French

de Courcy, Michele – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 1997
Reports a study of the learning strategies and processes of four adult learners of Chinese, using data collected over a two-year period. Students showed a number of different approaches to learning, not all of which could be classified "good language learner" strategies. Findings suggest areas for exploration in immersion education, especially…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Chinese, Ideography, Immersion Programs

de Courcy, Michele – 1998
This study evaluated a partial-immersion program in French in Victoria, Australia, an area in which little research has been conducted to date. The program has operated at an elementary school since 1991 and is the first English/French program of its kind in Victoria. French is the language of instruction for at least 40 percent of classes, with…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Error Patterns

de Courcy, Michele – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1995
A study investigated the processes underlying acquisition of French by students in two late immersion programs (grades 8-10) in Queensland (Australia). Focus is on three features: the cooperative learning situation that developed, idiosyncratic language that emerged, and students' patterns of socialization. (31 references) (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries, French, Immersion Programs
de Courcy, Michele; Burston, Monique; Warren, Jane; Young, Paul – 1997
A study in an early French partial immersion program in a Melbourne (Australia) elementary school investigated participating children's performance in mathematics in English (their first language) and French. Mathematics testing in both languages has been undertaken regularly as part of a long-term evaluation of the program. In the first year of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
de Courcy, Michele – 1995
Drawing on a 1993 study of four students in a late French immersion program in Australia and findings from a 1991 study, the report looks at three areas: students' response to the learning context, including its more and less helpful characteristics; the experiences students consider most important for learning the language, including those…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Educational Environment, Educational Strategies

de Courcy, Michele – Language and Education, 1997
Reports results of a study conducted with learners of Chinese who were involved in a late immersion program in a graduate school of education in Australia. The aim of the project was to explore the depths of learners' experiences of learning Chinese in an immersion setting. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Chinese, Classroom Environment, Cultural Differences, Educational Policy