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Fukuda, Makiko – Foreign Language Annals, 2014
The present study revealed the dynamic process of speech development in a domestic immersion program by seven adult beginning learners of Japanese. The speech data were analyzed with fluency, accuracy, and complexity measurements at group, interindividual, and intraindividual levels. The results revealed the complex nature of language development…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Japanese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Koop, Marie-Christine Weidmann – Foreign Language Annals, 1995
Describes the various steps taken to organize and implement a five-week French summer institute for secondary teachers of French, involving a three-week stay in France. The article details program objectives, course content, administration of the Institute, budget considerations, participants' progress, the evaluation process, and the…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Objectives, Foreign Countries, French
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Hornby, Peter A. – Foreign Language Annals, 1980
Affirms the advantages to the child of early immersion second language learning programs. The second language proficiency of English-speaking Canadian students who received all instruction in French and English-speaking American children who received all instruction in Spanish surpassed that of students in more traditional language programs. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Child Language, Communicative Competence (Languages), Elementary Education, French