To Gain or To Lose: Students’ English and Chinese Literacy Achievement in a Mandarin Language Bilingual Program

Abstract The present study examined the effectiveness of a Chinese-English bilingual program in enhancing children’s English and Chinese language and literacy skills. Participants included an experimental group of 26 students from Junior Kindergarten (age approximately 4-5 years) to Grade 2 (age...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Katie Lam, Xi Chen, Jim Cummins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Carleton University 2015-12-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics
Online Access:https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/CJAL/article/view/22427