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Carey, Stephen T. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1991
Reports on a series of recent research projects concerning the principles of additive and subtractive bilingualism in Canadian schools and the probability of minorities and majorities successfully learning a second language based on their overall mastery in their first language. (60 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries

LaPlante, Bernard – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2000
Reports on a study of Grade 6 students in two French immersion classrooms who learned how to talk about chemical reactions. Results show that these students were able to improve how they "talk science" by appropriating certain characteristics of scientific discourse. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Chemical Reactions, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, French

MacFarlane, Alina – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2001
Presents the perspectives of a Grade 6 French immersion class from Ontario on a brief exchange experience with francophone peers from Quebec and describes how this experience complemented their classroom language studies. Examined immersion students' perceptions of the operation of both social and cognitive/linguistic processes in the classroom…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Exchange Programs, Foreign Countries, French
Morrison, Louise – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2004
This paper reports the results of a cross-lingual study on the role of comprehension monitoring in L1 (English) and L2 (French) reading proficiency. Fifty-two undergraduate students from two FSL backgrounds, French immersion (FI) and core French (CF), were given reading comprehension tests as well a monitoring task in both languages. Results…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, French, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. – 1990
The study summarized (in both English and French) in this report, is an evaluation of the listening comprehension and speech skills of ninth grade students in Manitoba's (Canada) French immersion programs. It is intended for parents and teachers in Manitoba involved in the French immersion program. The report consists of an overview of the study,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Grade 9, Immersion Programs
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. – 1990
The study summarized (in both English and French) in this report, is an evaluation of the listening comprehension and speech skills of sixth grade students in Manitoba's (Canada) French immersion programs. It is intended for parents and teachers in the province involved in the French immersion program. The report consists of an overview of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Grade 6, Immersion Programs
Lamarre, Nicole – 1990
The administration of French immersion program in an elementary school in Alberta, Canada, by anglophone principal with little or no knowledge of French is examined in this study. Interviews with eight anglophone elementary school principals found that a lack of knowledge of French was not perceived as a barrier to effective implementation of…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role, Bilingual Education
Morrison, Frances; Pawley, Catherine – 1986
Part of the Eleventh Annual Report to the Ontario Ministry of Education, this report describes the grade and program location of students who entered kindergarten in Ottawa and Carleton, Ontario in 1974, known as the K-74 cohort. The first section of the report deals with the K-74 cohort; later sections deal with students who joined either early…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Charts, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
Burt, Andy; And Others – 1981
This curriculum guide for the human sciences or social studies is intended for use in grades 1-7 in the early French immersion program. The program is organized around key concepts, generalizations, and themes derived from the social sciences, and allows the teacher a wide choice of content. The guide presents the following topics: (1) the…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Curriculum Guides, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education
Burt, Andy; And Others – 1981
This curriculum guide in music is intended for use in grades 1-7 in the early French immersion program. The program is presented as one that contributes to the development of the child, calls for flexibility and diversification, and requires a solid music education on the part of the teacher. The guide presents the following topics: (1) statements…
Descriptors: Applied Music, Curriculum Guides, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education
Lapkin, Sharon; And Others – 1983
This booklet is designed for eleven-to-fifteen year old students who are in, or who have just completed, a French immersion program. It addresses two concerns of students and their parents: (1) how well students are achieving in French, in English, in other subjects, and in their overall intellectual development; and (2) what possibilities exist…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingualism, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Awareness
Trites, Ronald L. – Review and Evaluation Bulletin, 1981
Five studies were aimed at furthering understanding of the effects of second language immersion on young children. The first study demonstrated that the neuropsychological test profile of children who are unable to make satisfactory progress when immersed in a kindergarten second language program is different from that of children with more…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Research, French, Immersion Programs

Harley, Birgit – 1979
The French gender usage of grade two and grade five Franco-Ontarian children was compared with that of English-speaking children enrolled in French immersion programs, and monolingual French-speaking children in Quebec. While some of the Franco-Ontarian children are similar to the Quebec children with respect to the gender "rules" they…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, English, French
Alternative Forms of Immersion for Second Language Teaching. Working Papers on Bilingualism, No. 10.
Bruck, Margaret; And Others – 1975
This study focuses on the consequences of immersion experience as a means of developing second language skills. The students involved are 13 to 14 years of age, finishing grade 7 in the public school system. Two forms of immersion are compared, "early" and "late." Early immersion means that students had followed an immersion…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, English, French, Immersion Programs

Genesee, Fred; And Others – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1978
A third report on the evaluation of a trilingual school program in French, Hebrew and English being offered in two schools in the Montreal area. The purpose of this evaluation was to continue to monitor the development of the pilot groups in the following areas: French, English, Hebrew and mathematics. (AMH)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary School Students, English, French