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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Production of written French skills by first generation immigrants in working age
Aline Branche-seigeotsubject
Social factorLearning foreign languages[SHS.EDU]Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationSkillsFacteur social[SHS.EDU] Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationForeign languages[ SHS.EDU ] Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationLangues étrangèresFrench foreign languageNiveau de compétencesModèle économiqueFrançais langue étrangèreEfficacité de l'enseignementTeaching effectivenessEvaluation des performancesApprentissage des langues étrangèresPerformance evaluationÉcritEconomic modelProduction frontierFrontière de productionAcquisition de compétencesskill levelimmigrationdescription
This paper aims to identify factors explaining the level of proficiency in written French by immigrants in working age, knowing that few research has been conducted in France on this issue. The originality of this paper is the stochastic production frontier model to explain the scores in written French and the productive performance of immigrants (considered as producers of their own skills). The main results show that mother tongue, age at immigration, social life and mother's diploma are elements which influence the effectiveness of this production. They play a crucial role in the ability of immigrants to use effectively their duration of stay in France and their length of education, considered as the main production factors for new comers to produce skills in the host country's language.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-06-24 |