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Producing Bilinguals through Immersion Education: Development of Metalinguistic Awareness
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Bialystok, Ellen; Peets, Kathleen F.; Moreno, Sylvain – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2014
This study examined metalinguistic awareness in children who were becoming bilingual in an immersion education program. The purpose was to determine at what point in emerging bilingualism the previously reported metalinguistic advantages appear and what types of metalinguistic tasks reveal these developmental differences. Participants were 124…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Metalinguistics, Immersion Programs, Syntax
Effectiveness of Partial French Immersion for Children from Different Social Class and Ethnic Backgrounds.
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Holobrow, Naomi E.; And Others – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1987
Evaluation of a half-day French immersion kindergarten program assessed the English and French language development of participating students and found that pupils who spent half their academic time in foreign language classrooms progressed just as well in English as did matching controls who spent all day in English language classrooms.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Enrichment, English, French
The Effects of Early Bilingual Schooling on First Language Skills.
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Harley, Birgit; And Others – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1986
The development of first language skills among native English-speaking students enrolled in early French immersion programs was explored. Preliminary results support the hypothesis that early bilingual schooling enhances the students'performances on various kinds of first language learning tasks. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, Bilingual Education, Cognitive Measurement