Students in immersion programs were studied while learning to read. The study examined children's development in target (foreign) language reading abilities first and then native language reading abilities. The parents consented that reading education in native language would begin the third grade. At first, parents had a very hard time accepting that their child would have delays in their English skills. Many feared that the children would have permanent delays if the students did not learn how to read in English as well as the target language. However, the results showed that all children were able to read at grade level by the end of the third grade year. The study concludes that waiting to teach children to read in their native language has no harmful effects.
Read more on the study here:
http://www.carla.umn.edu/immersion/acie/vol6/Feb2003_Reading.html
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