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Download full textMayeux, Anthony P.; Dunlap, James M. – 1966
This study discusses the effect of early instruction in French in eight elementary schools on subsequent student achievement at the end of grades 7, 8, and 9. The Common Concepts Foreign Language Test in French was the criterion of achievement for the seventh-grade students. Results give averages, differences, and significance of the differences…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Experiments, Elementary Schools, FLES
Holmstrand, Lars – 1975
This report describes the background, aim and design of the EPAL (English in the elementary school) project in Sweden. As background to the project, a survey is included of the increasingly important position of teaching English from the 1940's through the great school reforms of the 50's and 60's. Developments in foreign language teaching in the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Experiments, Educational Planning, Elementary Education
Wipf, Joseph Arnold – 1972
In order to gain some insight into the issue of optimum age for second language learning, the experiment described in this report was based on the negative hypothesis that there is no significant difference in the ability of randomly selected subjects, kindergarten through grade six, to imitate critical sounds and sound clusters embedded in words…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Applied Linguistics, Educational Experiments, Elementary Education
Burstall, Clare – 1973
A 10-year educational experiment being conducted in England in which 18,000 elementary school students are taught French by non-specialist teachers is described. The methods used rely extensively on audiovisual materials. Discussion focuses on the following factors affecting the program: (1) sex of the student, (2) socioeconomic status, (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Audiovisual Aids, Community Attitudes, Educational Experiments
Jonas, Sister Ruth – 1972
This experiment examines a new psychological approach to foreign language study at the elementary school level. A principal objective is to determine the nature and importance of second language learning motivation in monolingual societies devoid of the daily living example of the target language and culture. A five-year French language sequence,…
Descriptors: African Culture, Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Instruction, Cross Cultural Studies
Jonas, Sister Ruth – 1972
This experiment examines a new psychological approach to foreign language study at the elementary school level. A principal objective is to determine the nature and importance of second language learning motivation in monolingual societies devoid of the daily living example of the target language and culture. A five-year French language sequence,…
Descriptors: African Culture, Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Instruction, Cross Cultural Studies
