Minority language students in a French immersion programme: Their French proficiency

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• Thanks are expressed to the Metropolitan Separate School Board for allowing the study to be carried out in its schools, and to the principals, teachers and students who cooperated so willingly. Thanks are also due to Sharon Lapkin, Alice Weinrib, Mary‐Lou King, Françoise Pelletier, Laurette Levy, Kathryn Shred, Susanne Carroll, Richard Kruk and Sonia Fiorucci of the Modern Language Centre at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education who provided support and assistance throughout the study and to Sue Elgie, Richard Wolfe and Bill Postl of the Computer Services Group of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education who helped with the statistical analyses.
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