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Learning through an Aboriginal Language: The Impact on Students' English and Aboriginal Language Skills
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Usborne, Esther; Peck, Josephine; Smith, Donna-Lee; Taylor, Donald M. – Canadian Journal of Education, 2011
Aboriginal communities across Canada are implementing Aboriginal language programs in their schools. In the present research, we explore the impact of learning through an Aboriginal language on students' English and Aboriginal language skills by contrasting a Mi'kmaq language immersion program with a Mi'kmaq as a second language program. The…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Second Language Learning, Canada Natives, Native Language Instruction