TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rachidi,Amal
AU  -  Nocus,Isabelle
AU  -  Florin,Agnès
TI  - Effects of learning the Arabic language in ELCO (Teaching of Languages and Cultures of Origin) classes on academic and linguistic performances in French literacy
PY  - 2013///.
							
N1  - 27
N2  - This study examines the language and school skills effects of Arabic-language learning on bilingual children from Maghrebi and Arabic-speaking communities attending ELCO (Teaching of Languages and Cultures of Origin) classes. In France, ELCO is the only primary-school program providing weekly 3-hour courses in first languages to bilingual Franco-Arabic children. 179 children enrolled in first and second year of primary school were compared using 4 indicators of school success: phonological awareness, reading, resolution of arithmetical problems, and reading comprehension (for the second year of primary school). Results reveal that learning the Arabic language at school has a positive effect on school performance in the second year of primary school whereas no significant difference is found in the first year
UR  - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-enfance2-2013-4-page-349?lang=en
ER  -