Academic Achievement through Japanese, Spanish, or French: The First Two Years of Partial Immersion.

Thomas, Wayne P.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ465537

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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Academic Achievement through Japanese, Spanish, or French: The First Two Years of Partial Immersion.

Thomas, Wayne P.; And Others

Modern Language Journal, v77 n2 p170-79 Sum 1993

Compared 719 first-, second-, third-grade students enrolled in partial-immersion (PI) programs in Japanese, Spanish, or French to 3 comparison groups. Outcome measures used were a mathematics test, Metropolitan Achievement Test in Reading, and Student Oral Proficiency Rating. PI students scored at least as well as, and to some extent better than, comparable students who were not in the program. (JP)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, French, Immersion Programs, Japanese, Language Proficiency, Oral Language, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Spanish, Testing

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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