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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"French Immersion"”.
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French-Immersion and Mathematical Achievement: A Comparative Study
This study investigates the perception that French immersion students perform differently from students from the regular non-immersion programme. More specifically, this study investigates this idea using mathematics as a means to compare the two groups (French immersion and non-immersion). It also …
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Teachers' Perceptions of French Immersion Inclusionary Strategies
… with some modifications that suit their needs. French immersion (FI) programs in Canada aim to provide non-francophone students with the opportunity to acquire fluency in speaking, reading, writing, listening and communicating in French by the end of Grade 12 by immersing them in an almost …
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Challenging the French immersion orthodoxy : student stories and counterstories
… study I have provided an understanding of what French immersion was like for children who left the program. I have considered an important aspect of the French immersion program that has been neglected in the research literature. My main research question was: What were the experiences of French …
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Is English Really Necessary in French Immersion Classrooms: A Case Study
This case study investigates how and why five French immersion teachers use English in a second language classroom and if other first languages are used or incorporated in the classroom. The teacher participants in this study are early French immersion teachers working in either a Grade 1 or Grade …
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Student Motivation and Identity Construction in an Intensive U.S. French Immersion Program
… through their multiple experiences learning French as a Foreign Language (FFL) in an intensive Summer French Language Immersion Programs (SFLIPs). The results of the study demonstrate that participants who exhibited the most characteristics in connection to integrative motivation were the …
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Monologues from the margins: Voices and experiences of racially minoritized French immersion students
… doctoral study investigated race and racism in French immersion (FI) programs in Ontario and Canada. Much research in the field of FI prioritizes efficacy of language learning and the studies that do consider equity speak to English language learners, immigrants, socioeconomic status, and …
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A Comparison of Full-Day and Half-Day English and French Immersion Kindergarten: Children's Outcomes and Experiences
… and experiences in four program models: full-day French immersion, half-day French immersion, full-day English, and half-day English. This quasi-experimental study employed a mixed methods approach. Child participants (N=70) across the four programs were administered standardized measures of …
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Black Girls Need Love Too: An intersectional analysis of the lived experiences of Black girls in French Immersion Programs
Black girls in the French immersion program are silent scholars. They continue to remain under the radar, significantly under-researched and hidden behind the generalization of Black students without considerations for the intersectionality of race and gender. Using the narratives of four Black …
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Professional Development Based On The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages And The New Ontario French Immersion Curriculum: A Case Study of Reflective Practice
… for primary-aged children enrolled in early French Immersion programs. Through a series of interviews conducted over three phases and a five-month period, the researcher led the teacher participant through professional development (PD) to shed light on the PD needed for French Immersion and …
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L'insécurité linguistique chez les élèves d'immersion française en Saskatchewan
Although French immersion program has been quite successful over the last few years in Saskatchewan due to the number of students enrolled in the program, many students in the program demonstrate a lack of confidence in expressing themselves in French. This PhD thesis attempts to provide a better …
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An Economic Analysis of Children's Behavior and Academic Experiences in Canadian Schools
… performance, bullying behavior, and language immersion of children in four chapters of the Ph.D. thesis. In the first chapter, the academic performance of children of immigrants is compared with that of their classmates of Canadian-born parents. The comparison starts when children are in …
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FRENCH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE: TEACHER CERTIFICATION IN CANADA (IMMERSION, FSL, CORE FRENCH).
… explores the policies and requirements governing French immersion teacher certification at the secondary level as prescribed by the Ministry of Education and the universities in each of Canada's ten provinces. Four components are examined: (1) certification procedures, (2) professional training, …
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Étude Descriptive et Comparative du Programme de Français au Nigeria et en Saskatchewan
… to this. Although the country has declared French as its second official language in 1996 in an official declaration by the late Head of State Sani Abacha, over two decades later, Nigeria still struggles to have in place a good French language program that favours the production of students …
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French As a Second Language Teachers’ Conceptualizations and Pedagogical Views of Intercultural Awareness, Intercultural Competence, and Global Citizenship
… investigated Grades 7, 8, and 9 Ontario Core and Immersion French as a second language (FSL) teachers’ conceptualizations of intercultural awareness (IA), intercultural competence (IC) and global citizenship (GC). Questions that guided the research were: ‘How does a purposeful sample of FSL …