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Peer reviewedHawson, Anne – Bilingual Review/Revista Bilingue, 1996
Notes that little agreement exists as to which factors influencing academic outcomes for second-language learners are of primary importance. The study hypothesizes that second-language learners in immersion situations undergo an attention shift away from auditory system processing and towards visual information processing. (59 references)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attention Control, Auditory Stimuli, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedMcNamara, John; And Others – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1978
A panel discussion of the effect of immersion programs on first and second language learning. Questions are raised regarding the effectiveness of the regular curriculum, results of immersion for majority language and minority or immigrant children, the meaning of linguistic competence and underlying cognitive and intellectual processes. (AMH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textde Courcy, Michele; Burston, Monique; Warren, Jane; Young, Paul – 1997
A study in an early French partial immersion program in a Melbourne (Australia) elementary school investigated participating children's performance in mathematics in English (their first language) and French. Mathematics testing in both languages has been undertaken regularly as part of a long-term evaluation of the program. In the first year of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
Malave, Lilliam M., Ed.; Duquette, Georges, Ed. – 1991
Papers on language processing, culture, and language learning and teaching include: "A Theory of Intelligence as Semiosis: With a Couple of Comments on Interlanguage Development" (John W. Oller, Jr.); "Along the Way: Interlanguage Systems in Second Language Acquisition" (Larry Selinker); "Strategy and Tactics in Second Language Acquisition"…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingualism, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes
Met, Myriam, Ed. – 1998
Articles in this book on early second language learning are presented in 13 categories, with each category containing 4 to 7 papers. The categories include the following: the advantages and disadvantages of FLES (elementary school foreign language programs), FLEX (foreign language exploratory programs), and immersion program models; at what age an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advocacy, Age Differences, Arabic
