Elizabeth Kay-Raining Bird

List of John Benjamins publications for which Elizabeth Kay-Raining Bird plays a role.

Articles

Sutton, Ann, Fred Genesee, Elizabeth Kay-Raining Bird, Xi Chen, Tamara Sorenson Duncan, Stephanie Pagan and Joan Oracheski 2024 Academic achievement of minority home language students with special education needs in English language of instruction and French immersion programsJournal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education 12:1, pp. 1–24 | Article
This study explored the academic achievement of students who speak a minority language (ML) at home (i.e., a language other than the official languages of Canada, English and French) and who have special education needs (SEN), in two educational programs that differed in language of instruction:… read more
Kay-Raining Bird, Elizabeth, Fred Genesee, Ann Sutton, Xi Chen, Joan Oracheski, Stephanie Pagan, Bonita Squires, Diana Burchell and Tamara Sorenson Duncan 2021 Access and outcomes of children with special education needs in Early French ImmersionIssues and Perspectives on Student Diversity and Content-Based Language Education, Genesee, Fred and Diane J. Tedick (eds.), pp. 193–222 | Article
This study investigated access to and outcomes of Early French Immersion (EFI) for students with special education needs (SEN) attending a large school board in Canada. Data analysis was carried out on: provincially mandated achievement test scores for all Grade 3 students with SEN participating… read more
Martin, Sarah, Christina Hodder, Emily Merritt, Ashley Culliton, Erin Pottie and Elizabeth Kay-Raining Bird 2021 Bilingual outcomes for a student with Down Syndrome in French immersionIssues and Perspectives on Student Diversity and Content-Based Language Education, Genesee, Fred and Diane J. Tedick (eds.), pp. 223–251 | Article
This study investigated the French and English outcomes and experiences of one student with Down syndrome enrolled in a Canadian French Immersion (FI) program. Testing in Grades 6 and 8 revealed development in both languages, higher English than French skills, and progress across the two years… read more