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Education Scotland, 2022
This Advice provides important information on the national context and describes best practice to support senior leaders, practitioners, and education authorities in evaluating and planning for improvement in Gaelic Education. It is based on evidence from inspections, reviews and validated self-evaluation, covering all sectors of Gaelic Education…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Foreign Countries, Legislation, Public Policy
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Canadian Modern Language Review, 1976
A listing of French immersion programs in Canada is given, including city and school board, date started, grades involved and projected to be involved, and a program description. (RM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, English, FLES
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Yip, Din Yan; Tsang, Wing Kwong; Cheung, Sin Pui – Bilingual Research Journal, 2003
A study examined the effects of a new Hong Kong policy requiring Chinese as the language of instruction on secondary students' learning of science. Science achievement test scores at 100 secondary schools indicate that previous use of English to teach science may have hampered students' ability to grasp material due to the high-level thinking…
Descriptors: Chinese, Educational Policy, English, Foreign Countries
Morrison, Frances; Pawley, Catherine – 1984
A study of the differences in achievement among Ottawa's grade 9 and 10 students taught in English and French in three subject areas (mathematics, geography, and history) in which suitable comparative measures were available had as subjects the students in 73 classes. The students in French-language classes were administered the test twice, once…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, English
Chaudron, Craig – 1977
Observation and analysis of classroom interaction is used in a pilot study of Grade 8 and 9 French immersion programs to evaluate the relative importance placed by teachers on different student oral behaviors. The frequencies of teachers' corrections for different kinds of students' errors (in second language [L2] skills, subject matter knowledge,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Classroom Environment
Hoare, Philip; Kong, Stella – 1994
A Hong Kong program to train secondary school teachers in the use of English as the medium of classroom instruction is reported and discussed. The program provides assistance to teachers accustomed to using mixed code in the classroom and who must use English consistently, and helps English teachers understand how they can support teachers of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Educational Change