Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ494896
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Publication Date: 1994
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The Effect of Functional-Analytic Teaching on Aspects of French Immersion Students' Sociolinguistic Competence.
Lyster, Roy
Applied Linguistics, v15 n3 p263-87 Sep 1994
A set of functional-analytic materials, entailing the study and practice of sociostylistic variation, was implemented in three eighth-grade French immersion (FI) classrooms by their respective teachers during French language arts classes over a five-week period. Pre- and posttests indicate that functional-analytic teaching improved FI students' sociolinguistic competence in at least three ways. (45 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries, French, Grade 8, Immersion Programs, Instructional Improvement, Language Tests, Multiple Choice Tests, Oral Language, Second Language Learning, Secondary Education, Sociolinguistics, Teaching Methods, Testing, Written Language
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Language: English
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