Examining immigrants' English and French proficiency in French immersion

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Author
Author
Mady, Callie
Journal
Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education
Details
Resource Type
Journal
Acquisition Number
BE026399
Published Date
07-17-2017 3:54 PM
Published Year
2015
Number of Pages
17
Language(s)
Subscription Only
No
Abstract
Demographic changes in the Canadian population have also brought a more diverse community of learners to French immersion programs. This study responds to the changes in the immersion student population by comparing the French and English proficiency of three groups: Canadian-born English-speaking students, Canadian-born multilingual students and immigrant multilingual students in Grade 6 early French immersion. The quantitative data from English and French tests showed that the immigrant group outperformed the Canadian-born English speaking and the Canadian-born multilingual groups on French proficiency measures of reading, writing, and speaking, whereas there were no significant differences among the groups on the English test components.
Topics
English Learners
English Learners
Bilingual Education
Assessment
Assessment