NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH IN THE CLASSROOM: WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS ON PUPIL PERFORMANCE?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Geay, Charlotte; McNally, Sandra; Telhaj, Shqiponja
• 署名单位: Institut Polytechnique de Paris; ENSAE Paris; University of Surrey; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; University of Sussex
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12054
• 发表日期: 2013
• 页码: F281-F307
• 关键词: achievement; outcomes; schools

摘要

There has been an increase in the number of children going to school in England who do not speak English as a first language. We investigate whether this has an impact on the educational outcomes of native English speakers at the end of primary school. We show that the negative correlation observed in the raw data is mainly an artefact of selection: non-native speakers are more likely to attend school with disadvantaged native speakers. We attempt to identify a causal impact of changes in the percentage of non-native speakers. Our results suggest zero effect and rule out negative effects.