Bilingualism CQ14

Early research has found that immersion students mostly only reach native like competence in receptive skills in their second language

TRUE

Those full immersion students who limit their second language use to the classroom still achieve native like reading and speaking skills

FALSE

Full immersion students typically do not develop full first language skills like monolingual peers after the completion of elementary school

FALSE

The goal of 'bridging programs' in immersion bilingual education is to help students with their second language proficiency to learn the curriculum.

TRUE

Full immersion students' positive attitudes toward the target culture they are learning about may not be entirely due to full immersion schooling

TRUE

A limitation with research done with Canadian immersion schools is that it may not be applicable to other contexts with languages that do not have the same status as French and English

TRUE

One of the findings about heritage language education is that heritage bilingual children do not necessary maintain their heritage language.

FALSE

Heritage language education can help validate a student's identity

TRUE

Individual empirical studies are key to help inform policy-making decisions about bilingual education.

FALSE

Measuring the effectiveness of bilingual education programs goes beyond convenient sampling, as other factors such as parental interest and teacher's attitudes and preparation can play a role

TRUE