Improving second language skills of immigrant students. A field trial study evaluating the effects of a summer learning program.

Autor/inn/en	Stanat, Petra; Becker, Michael; Baumert, Jürgen; Lüdtke, Oliver; Eckhardt, Andrea G.
Titel	Improving second language skills of immigrant students. A field trial study evaluating the effects of a summer learning program.
Quelle	In: Learning and instruction, 22 (2012) 3, S. 159-170Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	Forschungsdaten, Studiendetails und Erhebungsinstrumente
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0959-4752; 1873-3263
DOI	10.1016/j.learninstruc.2011.10.002
Schlagwörter	Schüler; Schulerfolg; Deutsch als Zweitsprache; Deutschunterricht; Spracherwerb; Migrationshintergrund; Sommerschule; Deutschland
Abstract	Immigrant students' school success is often hampered by limited second language (L2) proficiency, yet the effectiveness of different approaches to L2 support is unclear. Using a summer camp setting, we tested effects of (1) implicit support focusing on meaning of language by engaging students in language-intensive activities without drawing their attention to rules (operationalization: theatre program) and (2) combined implicit and explicit support focusing students' attention on both meaning and form of language (operationalization: theatre program and instruction in German as L2). A baseline group received no support. N = 149 third-graders with German as L2 participated. There was no effect for the implicit condition on L2, yet children in the combined condition performed significantly better in grammar and reading after the treatment than the baseline group. The difference for vocabulary did not reach significance. Three months later, a significant effect for the combined condition was only found for reading. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2014/1