The development of German and English writing skills in a bilingual primary school in Germany

The present study examined German and English writing skills of children who attended a partial German-English immersion program in a primary school in Germany. From Year 3 to Year 4 the children’ writing improved from level A1 to level A2 (according to the Common European Framework of References, Council of Europe, 2001) in the English writing test, and they obtained age-appropriate values in the German writing test in Years 3 and 4. The...