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Version 1.2 – Updated June 2023

Foreign languages

Overview

  • Influence: Foreign languages
  • Domain: Curricula
  • Sub-Domain: Other curricula programs
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to considerably accelerate
  • Influence Definition: This can include the impact of learning other languages on the native language, or on specific subjects in the native language.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 1
  • Number of studies: 99
  • Number of students: 14,128
  • Number of effects: 17
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.85
  • Robustness index: 2

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Dissertation Stewart USA A meta-analysis of the relationship between learning a foreign language in elementary school and student achievement. 2017 Learning foreign language on general achievement 99 14,128 17 0.85
TOTAL/AVERAGE 99 14,128 17 0.85
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