Bilingual Education of Majority-Language Children: The Immersion Experiments in Review.

Genesee, Fred

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ERIC Number: EJ279667

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Publication Date: 1983-Mar

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Bilingual Education of Majority-Language Children: The Immersion Experiments in Review.

Genesee, Fred

Applied Psycholinguistics, v4 n1 p1-46 Mar 1983

Describes immersion programs in the United States and Canada and reviews results of evaluative research pertaining to them. Discusses findings with respect to students' native-language development, academic achievement, and second language proficiency. Also discusses the suitability of immersion for students with distinctive, potentially handicapping characteristics. (EKN)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Education, Immersion Programs, Language Proficiency, Language Research, Second Language Learning

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Language: English

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