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Lee, Jin Sook; Jeong, Eunsook – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2013
This qualitative study examines the experiences of Korean-American students, parents and teachers in a newly instituted 50/50 Korean-English dual language immersion programme, where the majority of the students are of Korean descent. Based on home and school observations, as well as interviews with six Korean-American students and their parents…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Language Acquisition, Immersion Programs, Parent Participation
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Makropoulos, Josee – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2010
This paper makes a contribution to the field of French immersion studies by examining student attitudes towards the secondary French immersion curriculum. Some of the students had made the decision to stay engaged with the programme while others had become disengaged from it. Drawing on the results of interviews with 23 students in a high school…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Educational Experience
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Dagenais, Diane; Berron, Catherine – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2001
Examines the language practices in three immigrant families of South Asian ancestry who reside in Canada and have chosen French immersion education for their children. Based on interview data, presents a profile of the inter- and intra-generational language interactions that distinguish each family. Describes their reasons for maintaining their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Immersion Programs, Immigrants
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Caldas, Stephen J.; Caron-Caldas, Suzanne – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 1999
Examines developing cultural and linguistic identities of three French/English bilingual children reared in two linguistic cultures: American and Quebecois. Results indicate the adolescent boy, who speaks more English than French, identifies with his American peers, from whom he conceals his bilingualism. The twin girls, in a French-immersion…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bilingualism, Case Studies, Children