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Pelletier, Gerard – French Rev, 1969
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Cultural Background
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Swain, Merrill – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1974
A study indicates that students in French immersion programs in Canadian schools achieve superior progress in French and equal skill in English relative to students in partial immersion classes or traditional second-language study. (CK)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, English
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Lamont, D.; And Others – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1978
A description of the English-Ukrainian bilingual program in the primary grades of the Edmonton Public Schools. Objectives and evaluative criteria are given. Results show no significant difference between regular and bilingual classes in standardized test scores. Children learned a significant amount of Ukrainian. All concerned considered the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Course Evaluation
Cumming, Alister; And Others – 1991
Educational issues were studied as related to women in one visible minority population in the Vancouver area--recent immigrants from the Punjab state in India. The 10-month demonstration project involving 13 participants is analyzed in terms of five research topics: participation in the program, Punjabi-English biliteracy, classroom instruction…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Bilingual Students, Cultural Differences, English (Second Language)
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Popp, Leonard A. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1976
This report discusses the findings of an evaluation of the bilingual education program in the schools of the Niagara South Board of Education (Ontario). (DB)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Educational Assessment
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Neuman, Susan B.; Pitts, Elaine F. – Reading Teacher, 1983
Reviews bilingual television programing in Canada and the United States and concludes that television networks offer few alternative programs for bilingual children. (FL)
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Childrens Television, Commercial Television, English (Second Language)
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Lambert, Wallace E. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1974
Describes the response of one Canadian community and its local school board to the challenge of producing functionally bilingual children within the context of the public school curriculum, grades K through 7. (CK)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Elementary Education
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Stanley, Malcolm H. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1974
Discusses early and late French immersion programs, their advantages and disadvantages, and considerations of staffing, cost, student motivation, effect on native language skills, and program effectiveness. (CK)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, English
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Stanutz, Spencer – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1974
The Ottawa school system conducts French instruction in both immersion and "core" or regular programs. Special features are bilingual grades at the higher level and a bilingual high school. French Immersion programs are evaluated in terms of expense and educational effect. (CK)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, English
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Wilton, Florence – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1974
The experience of a British Columbia bilingual education program is outlined, with information about number of pupils, program objectives, staffing, teaching materials and cost. The program teaches French in a primarily English-speaking area. (CK)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, English
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Mougeon, Raymond; And Others – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1978
An analysis of the social, educational and political factors in bilingual education and French language maintenance in Ontario. After the fourth grade, most Francophone children tend to speak English. Encouragement to use French must come from the social domain, beyond the school and the home. (Text is in French.) (AMH)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Ethnic Groups
Griffin, C. Pter M. – School Guidance Worker, 1977
The author outlines ways in which a guidance department can help a school to adapt to the needs of students of differing cultures and help these students prepare for education, jobs and life in Canadian society. (Author/NWS)
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Community Resources, Counseling Services, Cultural Pluralism
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Sweet, Robert J. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1974
An explanation of a kindergarten French immersion program includes essential background information, details of implementation, problems encountered, practical and theoretical implications and suggested solutions to the difficulties encountered. (CK)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, English
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Cummins, James – Modern Language Journal, 1977
Studies of bilingual children have debated the effect of bilingualism on cognitive development. This study examines the relationship between cognitive processes and balanced bilingual skills. It finds there may be a threshold level of bilingual competence to be attained before bilingualism can positively influence cognitive functioning. (CHK)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Cognitive Ability
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Hildebrand, John F. T. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1974
Describes and evaluates French immersion programs in New Brunswick, covering grades 1-12. (CK)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Elementary Secondary Education
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