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Foster, Rosemary – Bilingual Research Journal, 1998
Six Canadian Anglophone high school students were studied for 10 months after they chose to enroll in a French immersion pilot program in Alberta. Although students varied in achievement level, all students and parents referred to "feelings of success" as a factor in remaining in the immersion program. Limitations of the program are…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools
Foster, Rosemary – 1997
A 1992 Canadian study and 1994 followup investigated the high school experience of six Anglophone French immersion students who participated in a pilot program in French immersion in elementary and junior high school and continued immersion study in high school. Data were gathered during the students' tenth grade, primarily in semi-structured…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism
Foster, Rosemary – 1998
This study investigated results of a study that focused on the choice made by three anglophone Canadian graduates of a French immersion program in elementary and junior high school to take high school core courses in French. Specifically, the study examined the students' decisions regarding postsecondary education, career choices, language-related…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Followup Studies, Foreign Countries, French