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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780152203321

Autore

de Courcy Michèle

Titolo

Learners' experience of immersion education : case studies of French and Chinese / / Michèle de Courcy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Multilingual Matters, , [2002]

©2002

ISBN

1-280-82799-8

9786610827992

9781853595628

1-85359-562-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 p.)

Collana

Bilingual Education & Bilingualism

Disciplina

418/.0071

Soggetti

French language - Study and teaching - Immersion method

Chinese language - Study and teaching - Immersion method

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-160) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Language Learning in Immersion Programs -- Chapter 2. How and Where the Research Was Done -- Chapter 3. Learners’ Responses to the Learning Context -- Chapter 4. Language Learning Experiences -- Chapter 5. Reading and Writing -- Chapter 6. Language Learning Processes and Strategies -- Chapter 7. Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This text follows the progress of two groups of learners in late immersion programmes. It adds to the literature on such programmes by its emphasis on the processes of learning in such programmes. Another aim of the book is to extend knowledge of learning processes in character-based languages.