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Integrating Formal and Functional Approaches to Language Teaching in French Immersion: An Experimental Study.
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Day, Elaine M.; Shapson, Stan M. – Language Learning, 1991
An experimental study was designed to evaluate the effect on French language proficiency of an integrated, formal, analytic and functional, communicative approach to second-language teaching in French immersion. The study consisted of 315 grade 7 early French immersion students. (28 references) (VWL)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Grade 7, Immersion Programs
French L2 Learners: What They're Talking About.
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Lightbown, Patsy M. – Language Learning, 1977
Describes a research project in which the acquisition of French by two six-year-old boys, native speakers of English, was observed longitudinally. (CFM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Child Language, Children
Affective Factors and Language Exposure in Second Language Learning.
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Hamayan, Fred Genesee; And Others – Language Learning, 1977
Three groups of Grade 7 students participated in a study to examine the personality and language exposure factors associated with learning French as a second language. (CFM)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Communicative Competence (Languages), French, Grade 7
Intensive Second Language Study: Effects on Attitudes, Motivation and French Achievement.
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Gardner, R. C.; Smythe, P. C. – Language Learning, 1977
A study was conducted to examine the changes in students' attitudes, motivation and French achievement during a five-week, residential, summer program. Sixty-two students were administered a battery of attitude and motivation tests as well as a test of oral French proficiency prior to, and upon completion of, the course. (CFM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communicative Competence (Languages), French, Language Instruction
The Use of English and French Cloze Tests in a Bilingual Education Program Evaluation: Validity and Error Analysis.
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Lapkin, Sharon; Swain, Merrill – Language Learning, 1977
Some empirical data are presented concerning the use of cloze tests to measure children's proficiency in a bilingual educational program. The subjects were grade five students in their sixth year of a primary French immersion program. (Author/CFM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cloze Procedure, Elementary Education, English