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: 3
- Number of studies: 133
- Number of students: 14,128
- Number of effects: 99
- Weighted mean effect size: 0.77
- Robustness index: 3
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 |
| Spanish and Portuguese Review | Hill | USA | A meta-analysis of the effect of ten language immersion programs on academic achievement. | 2018 | Immersion programs | 10 | 0 | 58 | 0.26 |
| Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal | Kim & Kim | Korea | A meta-analysis of content and language integrated learning in English. | 2017 | Content immersed foreign teaching | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0.68 |
| TOTAL/AVERAGE | 133 | 14,128 | 99 | 0.60 | |||||