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Amy Smith; Melissa Derby – Kairaranga, 2023
This paper examines how kaiako (teachers) view professional learning and development training (PLD) in structured literacy (SL) in a Maori-medium immersion context. Through interviews with kaiako in a kura kaupapa Maori (Maori-medium educational setting) who teach students in Years 1-6, and images of the literacy environment to capture some of the…
Descriptors: Pacific Islanders, Faculty Development, Malayo Polynesian Languages, Language of Instruction
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Latisha Mary; Véronique Lemoine-Bresson; Anne Choffat-Dürr – Language Awareness, 2024
Many educators in immersion contexts support a policy of strict separation of languages in the classroom as the ideal model for second language acquisition and are reluctant to make connections between the dominant language, the target language and pupils' home languages. This can result in missed opportunities for drawing on pupils' entire…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, French, Immersion Programs, Elementary School Students
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Baldwin, Leslie – Foreign Language Annals, 2021
This article presents findings of a larger research project regarding effective leadership practices in language immersion programs. The purpose of this study was to discover actions, knowledge, and skills that immersion leaders of successful programs exhibit. Using a basic qualitative model, immersion leaders, teachers, and parents at three…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Instructional Leadership, Trust (Psychology), Faculty Development
Lin, Li Li – ProQuest LLC, 2022
China's rising economy has increased the popularity of learning the Chinese language. Chinese immersion programs have gained popularity in K-12 education, particularly for younger learners. However, research on the optimal instruction design for Chinese and English biliteracy development in one-way Chinese immersion programs is scarce. This…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Bilingualism, Accountability, English (Second Language)
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Hill, Sean R. – Foreign Language Annals, 2023
One Mandarin immersion programming model involves a pair of partner teachers switching cohorts of students. Many programs meet their staffing needs with international teachers that remain with the school district for 1-3 years. Due to transient staffing, many partner teachers find themselves as mentors to their immersion teachers and maintain the…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Immersion Programs, Foreign Nationals, Teacher Characteristics
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MacQuarrie, Sarah; Lyon, Fiona – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2018
This paper tackles the important question of practitioner engagement and is the first to present an overview of relevant Gaelic medium education (GME) research. Following the formal inception in 1985, GME is now more widely available across Scotland. An overview of GME is presented and situates provision within the other Celtic minority languages…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Indo European Languages, Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction
Speece, Lauren – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Immersion programs face a variety of challenges that are common to the field, such as lack of materials appropriate for students' language abilities, assessment, teacher recruitment and retention, balancing content and language, and relevant, high quality professional development for teachers. However, within specific micro-contexts, other issues…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Faculty Development, Teacher Role, Spanish
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Lyster, Roy – Language Teaching Research, 2019
This article recounts three studies that portray an evolution from research examining the effects of researcher-designed instructional interventions to research examining the impact of helping teachers to design their own instructional interventions. Study 1 investigated the effects of an instructional treatment designed by the research team on…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Social Studies, French, Second Language Learning
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Cammarata, Laurent; Haley, Corey – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2018
Although immersion programs are very popular in Canada, they are complex to implement and not as successful as we would hope them to be when it comes to the development of students' language skills. This article reports on the findings of a case study conducted within the context of an ongoing five-year grant funded project in Western Canada whose…
Descriptors: French, Faculty Development, Teaching Methods, Course Content
Torres, Rhina – Center for Cities & Schools, 2018
According to 2016-2017 school enrollment data, 31.6% of K-5 students were English Learners (ELs) in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD). Of the many languages spoken at home by students, the most popular languages other than English are Spanish (19.14%) and Cantonese (15.88%). To respond to their needs, SFUSD offers programming that…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Bilingual Education, Language of Instruction, Immersion Programs
Boyle, Andrea; August, Diane; Tabaku, Lisa; Cole, Susan; Simpson-Baird, Ashley – Office of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education, 2015
This report presents an analysis of relevant research and extant data related to dual language education policies and practices. Dual language education programs are a type of bilingual education program in which students are taught literacy and academic content in English and a partner language. Dual language programs aim to help students develop…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, State Policy, Educational Policy, Immersion Programs
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Bohon, Leslie L.; McKelvey, Susan; Rhodes, Joan A.; Robnolt, Valerie J. – Teacher Development, 2017
Experiential learning theory places experience at the center of learning. Kolb's four-stage cycle of experiential learning suggests that effective learners must engage fully in each stage of the cycle--feeling, reflection, thinking, and action. This research assesses the alignment of Kolb's experiential learning cycle with the week-long Summer…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Instructional Improvement, English Language Learners, Faculty Development
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Palmer, Deborah; Henderson, Kathryn; Wall, Dorothy; Zúñiga, Christian E.; Berthelsen, Stefan – Language Policy, 2016
This article documents and interrogates top-down district-wide implementation of a two-way dual language bilingual education (DLBE) program in a large urban district. We carried out a language policy ethnography to explore the way two schools' teams of third grade teachers worked together to negotiate the intersection of DLBE implementation and…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Language Planning, Teacher Collaboration, Faculty Development
Martinez, Martha I. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Two-way immersion (TWI) programs teach English Learners (ELs) and native English speakers in the same classroom using both languages in an immersion approach. Studies suggest that TWI programs result in greater student integration, thus providing a promising alternative for Spanish speaking ELs, who are frequently concentrated in high poverty,…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Focus Groups, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)