Learning English as a Second Language in a Special School in Quebec.

Lightbown, Patsy M.; Spada, Nina

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Publication Date: 1997

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Learning English as a Second Language in a Special School in Quebec.

Lightbown, Patsy M.; Spada, Nina

Canadian Modern Language Review, v53 n2 p315-55 Jan 1997

Describes a school in Quebec, in which students enrolled in an intensive English-as-a-Second-Language program (ESL) use English in a variety of communicative interactions inside and outside the ESL classroom. Assessment of students' performance indicates that they achieve higher levels of English than comparable students in other intensive ESL courses. (28 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Intensive Language Courses, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Learning Strategies, Oral Language, Second Language Instruction, Student Evaluation, Testing

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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