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ERIC Number: EJ669116
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-1478-8551
Stages of English Acquisition and Attainment of Bilingual Pupils: Implications for Pupil Performance in Schools.
Demie, Feyisa; Taplin, Anne; Butler, Rebecca
Race Equality Teaching, v21 n2 p42-48 Spr 2003
Examined the relationship between bilingual students' level of English fluency and academic achievement. Data on British elementary and secondary school students indicated that bilingual students who were not fluent in English tended to do less well in school, and bilingual students who were fully fluent in English generally outperformed their English-speaking peers significantly. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Students, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Fluency, Second Language Learning
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: United Kingdom