This paper examines the French achievement results of three groups of students: Canadian-born English/French bilingual, Canadian-born multilingual and immigrant multilingual Grade 6 French immersion students, by investigating how the variables of integrative and instrumental motivations, attitudes to the learning situation, French language…

We assessed the language, cognitive, and socioemotional abilities of 27 internationally adopted children from China, adopted by French-speaking parents, 12 of whom had been assessed previously by Gauthier and Genesee. The children were on average 7 years, 10 months old and were matched to nonadopted monolingual French-speaking children on age,…

This paper presents FipsOrtho, a spell checker targeted at learners of French, and a corpus of learners' errors which has been gathered to test the system and to get a sample of specific language learners' errors. Spell checkers are a standard feature of many software products, however they are not designed for specific language learners' errors.…

Simply taking foreign language courses and being exposed to the language does not guarantee successful and positive learning experiences. When examining factors that influence foreign language learning, motivation should be considered. To extend current foreign language literature, this study integrated self-efficacy and Gardners' AMTB variables…

AN EXPERIMENT WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF PHONEME DISCRIMINATION TRAINING UPON THE ABILITY OF SUBJECTS TO DISCRIMINATE AMONG FRENCH PHONEMES AND TO DISCRIMINATE FRENCH PHONEMES FROM THEIR ENGLISH NEAR-EQUIVALENTS, TO IMITATE THE PRONUNCIATION OF FRENCH PHONEMES, AND TO MAKE VALID JUDGMENTS OF THEIR OWN PRONUNCIATION. THREE GROUPS OF…

An historical look at the French examination for the secondary school certificate. Its prestige, utility and relationship to higher education are discussed. (Text is in French.) (MLA)

Presents findings of an evaluation of an English-French bilingual education program using partial instruction in the second language in St. Thomas, Ontario. The evaluation covers grades 1-3. The program operates in unilingual English environment. (RM)

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROGRAMED LEARNING IN AN AUDIOLINGUAL FRENCH COURSE WAS INVESTIGATED. THE EXPERIMENT INTENDED TO DETERMINE WHETHER A SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL COURSE WAS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A COURSE TAUGHT UNDER TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM CONDITIONS, WHETHER THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS DROPPING OUT COULD BE REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY, AND WHETHER STUDENT…

Presents data on the French examination for the secondary school certificate: number of candidates, their teachers, sub-tests, method of correction, the results and the proposed changes in the tests. (Text is in French.) (MLA)

Compares elementary French courses being taught by the New Key," or audiolingual method, and by cognitive code learning theory. (DS)

Gives the results of the language examinations given in the spring of 1974 in the people's colleges. Examination fields were: German as a foreign language, Russian, Spanish, English, English (Hotel work), Italian, French. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

THIS REPORT, BASED ON TESTS GIVEN TO HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS IN THE SPRING, 1967, DESCRIBES THE SLIGHT CHANGES MADE IN TESTING PROCEDURES AND GIVES TEST AND PLACEMENT RESULTS FOR 2,646 STUDENTS IN FRENCH, GERMAN, SPANISH, AND LATIN. TENTATIVE PLACEMENT IN FRENCH, GERMAN, AND SPANISH WAS BASED ON SCORES OBTAINED ON MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION READING…

Cites tests with children in primary schools being taught in a foreign language (English speakers in Canada being taught in French, Finnish speakers in Swedish). Tests of Filipino children learning English showed that those who had become acquainted with English in kindergarten learned more easily. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Describes testing methods and results employed at the Lycee Francais in London, England, in primary grades. (DS)