ERIC Number: EJ1025878
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 15
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Learning French as a Second Official Language in Canada: Comparing Monolingual and Bilingual Students at Grade 6
Mady, Callie
International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, v17 n3 p330-344 2014
This paper presents the results of a study that compared the French as a second official achievement of three groups of students: (1) Canadian-born English speaking (CBE), (2) Canadian-born multilingual (CBM), and (3) immigrant multilinguals (IMM) as determined by multiskills test results. ANOVAs and subsequent post hoc tests revealed that the immigrant group outperformed the other two groups on some test components. In order to identify statistically significant predictors of the French as a second official language (FSOL) results, multiple linear regression analyses were conducted considering groupings, attitudes and experiences as revealed through a questionnaire. The results indicate that the immigrant group's advantages are beyond language(s) proficiency, motivation, attitude, metalinguistic awareness, or strategy use. The author suggests the immigrant group's status of immigrant has a positive impact on the results.
Descriptors: French, Second Language Learning, Official Languages, Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Immigrants, Language Proficiency, English, Native Speakers, Language Tests, Comparative Analysis, Predictor Variables, Regression (Statistics), Questionnaires, Metalinguistics, Grade 6, Scores, Elementary School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 6
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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