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Manuel Vazquez Cano; Janette Avelar; Ilana Umansky; Karen D. Thompson – National Research and Development Center to Improve Education for Secondary English Learners at WestEd, 2023
This brief explores the potential of bilingual programs to support access to core content courses for students classified as English Learners (ELs). The most common types of bilingual education programs in Oregon are: (1) dual language: instruction is in English and a partner language, with goals of biliteracy and bilingualism. This is also known…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, English Language Learners, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Gottardo, Alexandra; Chen, Xi; Huo, Michelle Ru Yun – Reading Research Quarterly, 2021
Research has shown that language and literacy skills in a first language (L1) are related to performance in a second language (L2) and that these relations are reciprocal. However, cross-linguistic skills related to word reading are influenced by numerous factors. These include linguistic factors such as the specific language and literacy skills…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Reading Skills
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Thane, Patrick; Goldin, Michele; Jimenez, Abril; Hur, Esther; Lopez Otero, Julio Cesar; Austin, Jennifer – NABE Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
In this paper, we address a lack of assessments of partner language development in dual language immersion (DLI) programs. We propose several important considerations that are necessary for the creation of research-based assessments of partner language development in DLI programs, focusing on Spanish as an example. We first discuss what these…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Bilingual Education Programs, Second Language Learning, Evaluation
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Borey, Valerie Magna – Learning Languages, 2020
This article expands upon teacher guidelines for an "immersion talk" originally developed by B. Hegstad (2012), entitled, "What is Immersion, and How Can I Be Successful in That Environment?," to share with the larger language community in hopes that the suggestions will encourage teachers to help their learners successfully…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Davis, Stephen – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2023
French immersion (FI) programs in Canada have historically served predominantly Canadian-born, English-speaking students and families in their endeavour to learn both of the country's official languages, French and English. However, FI programs are becoming increasingly culturally and linguistically diverse as a result of increased global…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Immersion Programs, Second Language Instruction
Office of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education, 2024
High-quality dual language immersion (DLI) programs can be a key lever to provide every student with a pathway to multilingualism. The Dual Language Immersion Playbooks (DLI Playbooks) provide a roadmap for the creation, design and adoption of policies, processes, programs, and practices that state educational agencies (SEAs), local educational…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Immersion Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Sanders, Schalea S. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2023
Reading and writing translate to centuries of shared knowledge and can be expanded upon with the ability to acquire multiple tongues. In response to today's most widely spoken languages, Chinese/English and Spanish/English dual language immersion programs continue to grow across the United States. Unfortunately, the lack of uniformity in the…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Chinese, Spanish, Immersion Programs
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Paulina Yourupi-Sandy; Joyminda George – Region 18 Comprehensive Center, 2024
The Federated States of Micronesia National Department of Education (FSM NDOE) requested support from the Region 18 Comprehensive Center (R18CC) to build National and State-level knowledge of effective practices in bilingual and multilingual education. This scan offers an overview of evidence-based practices for implementing and evaluating the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Multilingualism, Evidence Based Practice, Teacher Effectiveness
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Zhang, Kaili C. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2019
This article describes the practical application of an innovative bilingual preschool program that involves two-way immersion of both English and Chinese in classrooms. This has not been written about extensively, especially in the context of early childhood classrooms in Asian countries. The primary goal of the two-way immersion kindergarten is…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Bilingual Education Programs, Kindergarten, Foreign Countries
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Morales, P. Zitlali; Saravia, Lydia A.; Pérez-Iribe, María Fernanda – Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 2019
This article focuses on the reported experiences of three focal students who participated in a Spanish/English dual language program in their southern California school district throughout their elementary and middle school years. All three students identify as Mexican-origin and speak Spanish, English, and the Indigenous language of Zapoteco and…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Hispanic American Students, Student Attitudes, Native Language
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Lyster, Roy – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2019
Translanguaging practices come into play in social interactions between bilinguals when they are making use of all their shared linguistic resources and blending their languages in natural ways. Stemming from these practices is translanguaging pedagogy, which is designed so that students in school-based additive bilingual programs can benefit from…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), English, Native Language, Immersion Programs
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Keefer, Natalie; Lopez, Julia; Young, Jyhane; Haj-Broussard, Michelle – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2020
At the intersection of social studies and world language curricula are opportunities to explore students' prior learning with vocabulary-rich content designed to support language acquisition goals. "Funds of knowledge" is defined as socio-cultural, economic, and historical knowledge from home and community settings. The instructional…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Spanish Speaking, Prior Learning, Teaching Methods
Doolittle, Martha – Online Submission, 2017
This report summarizes existing evidence on the impact of mixed language classroom instruction, providing a summary of 2017 Austin Independent School District elementary students' performance on the state's reading test.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Reading Achievement, Reading Tests, School Districts
Doolittle, Martha; Orr, Aline – Online Submission, 2016
This report summarizes feedback from Austin Independent School District (AISD) elementary dual language teachers who participated in focus group discussions in January and February 2016. Teachers gave their opinions about the program components and suggestions for how to improve the program implementation.
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Feedback (Response), School Districts, Program Effectiveness
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Cervantes-Soon, Claudia G. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2014
Two-way immersion (TWI), an approach that combines language-minority students and native English speakers in dual-language classrooms, is growing in popularity in schools of newly Latinized regions of the U.S. Using North Carolina as an example, this critical review of the literature posits that as neoliberal trends increasingly shape the…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Native Language
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