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Peer reviewedde Courcy, Michele; Warren, Jane; Burston, Monique – Language and Education, 2002
A recent survey of teachers in a French early partial immersion program revealed concerns for those who teach English as to whether an immersion program is suitable for all children. Teachers believed, among other things, that the problems of children who were learning English and French as second languages were compounded by the program.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Immersion Programs, Language Teachers
Peer reviewedde Courcy, Michele; Burston, Monique; Warren, Jane – Babel, 1999
Presents data on interlanguage development obtained from a storytelling exercise using a picture storybook for children in an Australian French-English immersion program. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, English, Foreign Countries, French
Download full textde Courcy, Michele; Burston, Monique; Warren, Jane; Young, Paul – 1997
A study in an early French partial immersion program in a Melbourne (Australia) elementary school investigated participating children's performance in mathematics in English (their first language) and French. Mathematics testing in both languages has been undertaken regularly as part of a long-term evaluation of the program. In the first year of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
