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Peer reviewedDay, 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
Peer reviewedMcDougall, A.; Bruck, M. – Language Learning, 1976
A study of the French immersion program in Quebec, in which English reading is introduced in some schools at Grade 2 and in some at Grade 3. The stage at which English reading was first taught was found not to affect reading grade level. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Bilingual Education, English, French
Peer reviewedDay, 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
Peer reviewedHamayan, Fred Genesee; And Others – Language Learning, 1977
Three groups of Grade 7 students participated in a study to examine the personality and language exposure factors associated with learning French as a second language. (CFM)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Communicative Competence (Languages), French, Grade 7
Peer reviewedGenesee, F.; And Others – Language Learning, 1978
Presents results of the fourth evaluation of trilingual school programs in French, Hebrew, and English being offered on an experimental basis in several elementary schools in Montreal. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, English, French
