Effectiveness of a heritage educational program for the acquisition of oral and written French and Tahitian in French Polynesia
ARTICLE
Isabelle Nocus, Philippe Guimard, Jacques Vernaudon, Mirose Paia, Olivier Cosnefroy, Agnès Florin
TATE Volume 28, Number 1, ISSN 0742-051X Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
The research examines the effects of a bilingual pedagogical program (French/Tahitian) on the acquisition of oral and written French as well as the Tahitian language itself in primary schools in French Polynesia. 125 children divided into an experimental group (partially schooled in Tahitian for 300min per week) and a control group (schooled in French) were followed from the second year of kindergarten to Grade 1 and tested on Tahitian and French language competence. The results show that the program appears to have a positive impact on Tahitian proficiency, without any negative effect on learning of French (oral and reading).
Citation
Nocus, I., Guimard, P., Vernaudon, J., Paia, M., Cosnefroy, O. & Florin, A. (2012). Effectiveness of a heritage educational program for the acquisition of oral and written French and Tahitian in French Polynesia. Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 28(1), 21-31. Elsevier Ltd. Retrieved August 8, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/202275/.
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