Elementary French Immersion Children's Use of Orthographic Structure for Reading.

Mes-Prat, Margaret; Edwards, Henry P.

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Publication Date: 1981-May

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Elementary French Immersion Children's Use of Orthographic Structure for Reading.

Mes-Prat, Margaret; Edwards, Henry P.

Canadian Modern Language Review, v37 n4 p682-93 May 1981

Describes a reading experiment with two groups of English speaking children attending French immersion programs. The two groups, from grades 3 and 6 respectively, were tested in both English and French for their ability to recognize spelling patterns and to make positive transfers from one language to the other. (MES)

Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, English, French, Immersion Programs, Interference (Language), Reading, Second Language Learning, Spelling, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Testing

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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