Publications

Publication details [#13444]

Genesee, Fred. 1994. Scholastic effects of French immersion: an overview after twenty-five years. In Sierra Martínez, Fermín, Mercè Pujol Berché and Harm den Boer. Las lenguas en la Europa Comunitaria. La enseñanza de segundos lenguas y/o de lenguas extranjeras. [Languages in the European Union. The teaching of second and/or foreign languages.] (Diálogos Hispánicos 14). Rodopi. pp. 157–173.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

foreign language teaching

Language as a subject

French

Annotation

This paper investigates early total and late French immersion in English native speakers in North American public schools. These highly effective and flexible immersion programs appear to offer a promising model of education for promoting second language learning in an increasingly multilingual European Community.