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Krenca, Klaudia; Cain, Kate; Marinova-Todd, Stefka; Chen, Xi – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2023
Purpose: This study investigated the extent to which comprehension monitoring in children's first and second language predicts reading comprehension. Method: Children's ability to detect inconsistencies in orally presented stories was measured by response to a judgment question about whether the story made sense and by the identification of the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Progress Monitoring, French, Second Language Learning
Chapman, Erma – 1982
The extent to which primary school students participating in an English-Ukrainian bilingual program in Manitoba, Canada, were acquiring skills in Ukrainian and English language arts was evaluated for the 1981-1982 school year. This program, which was instituted in 1979, provides half of the instruction in English and half in Ukrainian. Using…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Educational Assessment, English (Second Language)
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Bougie, Evelyne; Wright, Stephen C.; Taylor, Donald M. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2003
This research explored the impact of the abrupt shift from heritage-language to dominant-language education on Inuit children's personal and collective self-esteem. Specifically, the following question was addressed: will early heritage-language education serve as an inoculation against the potential negative impact of being submerged in a…
Descriptors: Language Dominance, Bilingual Education, Eskimos, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Language Services Branch. – 1991
The guide is intended for use by Alberta's (Canada) local school authorities developing a language arts program in a language other than English or French. In these partial immersion programs, instruction is provided in a language other than English or French for 25-50% of the school day. The first section describes the development of the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Bilingual Education Programs, Class Activities