<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Usborne, E.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Caouette, J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Qumaaluk, Q.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Taylor, D. M.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bilingual education in an Aboriginal context: Examining the transfer of language skills from Inuktitut to English or French</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">667-684</style></pages><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bilingual education is thought to be one of the principal means of simultaneously revitalizing a threatened language and preparing students for success in mainstream society. However, little research has examined, in a comprehensive and longitudinal fashion, bilingual programs in Aboriginal contexts. Hierarchical linear modelling was used to conduct a longitudinal analysis of the language skills of 110 Inuit students participating in an Inuktitut-English/French program in a remote Arctic community. Students’ skills in English or French improved from Grades 4 to 6, after a switch to second language instruction; whereas, their skills in Inuktitut showed no significant improvement across these grades. Baseline heritage language skills in Grade 3 were found to be predictive of later success in both the heritage and mainstream languages, providing evidence for cross-language transfer and pointing to the pivotal importance of heritage language instruction for Aboriginal students.  </style></abstract></record></records></xml>
