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Etude des effets a long terme de l'apprentissage intensif de l'anglais, langue seconde, au primaire (Study of the Long Term Effects of Intensive English Second Language Instruction in Elementary School).

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Lightbown, Patsy M.; Spada, Nina – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1991

A study compared the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) performance of secondary school students who had participated in intensive ESL instruction in grade five or six and those following regular ESL instruction in elementary school. Students with early instruction maintained the English language superiority acquired during the program. (eight…

Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)

Intensive ESL Programmes in Quebec Primary Schools.

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Spada, Nina; Lightbown, Patsy M. – TESL Canada Journal, 1989

Reports on a study designed to investigate the second language development of francophone children in an experimental intensive English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program in Quebec. Results indicated that subjects outperformed students in regular ESL programs on listening and reading comprehension tests and in oral fluency and had more positive…

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, French