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Influences of Early English Language Teaching on Oral Fluency
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de Wolf, Stephana; Smit, Nienke; Lowie, Wander – ELT Journal, 2017
Elementary-level foreign language education is currently receiving a lot of attention in the literature on second language learning, and has emerged as an important educational policy issue. The present study aims to contribute to this discussion by focusing on the fluency benefits gained from early foreign language teaching. The participants were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Second Language Learning, Language Fluency
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
De l'Apprentissage d'une Langue Etrangere...a l'Acquisition de la Lanque Maternelle (From Learning a Foreign Language to the Mastery of the Mother Tongue).
Raillard, Sabine – Francais dans le Monde, 1996
Focuses on factors influencing the mastery of a foreign language and one's native tongue. Both the child-mother relationship and the teacher-student relationship greatly influence the desire and propensity of an individual to acquire fluency in the language being taught. To learn to speak signifies a wish to use a language and become immersed in…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Auditory Stimuli, Child Language, Elementary Education