Publications

Publication details [#60579]

Mady, Callie. 2015. Immigrants outperform Canadian-born groups in French immersion: examining factors that influence their achievement. The International Journal of Multilingualism 12 (3) : 298–311.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

foreign language acquisition | foreign language proficiency | immigrant | motivation | multilingualism

Language as a subject

French, Canadian

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

Immigrant multilingual students overtrump Canadian-born bi- and multilingual students in French immersion feat because of their higher integrative motivation, keenness to communicate (reading and writing) and behavior towards the learning situation.