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Download full textRafferty, Eileen A. – 1986
A statewide study in Louisiana revealed that third, fourth, and fifth graders who participated in 30-minute elementary school foreign language programs in the public schools showed significantly higher scores on the 1985 Basic Skills Language Arts Test than did a similar group that did not study a foreign language. Further, by fifth grade, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
