Outcomes in a French/English Two-Way Immersion Program

This research compared students who participated in a two-way French/English immersion program to students who participated in an English-only program to determine whether there was a statistically significant difference in their perceptions of: (a) education, (b) attitudes towards other cultures, and (c) self-esteem. The participants included 84 students in Grades 9–12, who had been in the program for a minimum of two years. Items from three surveys, attitudes toward academics, attitudes toward other cultures, and self-esteem were used to determine student perceptions. The collected data were collated and categorized, and an independent sample t-test was used to determine the presence of any statistically significant differences between the two groups.