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Download full textChesnut, Colleen E.; Dimitrieska, Vesna – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2018
This brief provides guidance to policymakers and practitioners on the challenges and opportunities of the "dual language immersion" (DLI) model and presents research conducted with teachers and administrators both before and during their first years of implementing new DLI programs in several Indiana school districts. The brief also…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Bilingual Education, Models, English (Second Language)
Direct linkHuang, Sharon – Learning Languages, 2009
The impetus to begin Bilingual Buds came about six years ago when the author, pregnant with twins and commuting into New York City, was reading about the numerous cognitive benefits for children of acquiring a second language early in their lives. She was surprised to learn that even by the age of six months, children begin to lose the ability to…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Foreign Countries, Mandarin Chinese, Bilingualism
DeBey, Mary; Bombard, Darlene – Young Children, 2007
In this article, the authors discuss how Bennington College Early Childhood Center (ECC) developed a dual language program. In a dual language program, children are immersed in two languages throughout the day. Each classroom has two teachers, one speaking English, the other the second language exclusively. Children learn the second language in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Skills, Intercultural Programs, English
Met, Myriam – 1987
A fact sheet on foreign language immersion programs, in which the regular school curriculum is taught partially or entirely in a foreign language, briefly discusses the following: (1) the structure and goals of immersion instruction; (2) the introduction of English instruction; (3) the eventual effect of immersion instruction on verbal and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Immersion Programs, Instructional Materials, Program Design
Anderson, Helena H.; Rhodes, Nancy C. – 1983
A study of elementary school foreign language programs in eight states yielded information about the status and design of language immersion, revitalized foreign language in the elementary schools (FLES), and foreign language experience (FLEX) programs. Immersion programs consist of the usual curriculum content presented entirely in a second…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Education
Canadian Education Association, Toronto (Ontario). – 1983
Results of a February 1983 survey of 96 Canadian school boards concerning French immersion instruction enrollments and program administration are presented. The survey revealed that 69 boards offered French immersion instruction (61 had early immersion, with an elementary level program in every province), 14 offered bilingual education, 23 offered…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Boards of Education, Budgeting, Educational Quality
Leitner, David – 1990
The first year of the Japanese Language Magnet Program, an elementary school immersion program providing a total language experience in a multicultural setting, is evaluated. The evaluation study assessed the program in terms of program planning, student population, and parent involvement. Data were gathered through interviews, document analysis,…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Elementary Education, Immersion Programs, Japanese
Troiani, Elisa A. – 1986
The foreign language faculty at College of Saint Scholastica Minnesota) developed and implemented 10-day Spanish and French immersion programs based on Peace Corps methodology as a means of affording students time for intensive study of those languages, improving students' fluency, and instituting a change in teaching methodology. The first…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Second Language Programs, French, Higher Education
Peer reviewedGersten, Russell; And Others – Equity and Excellence, 1988
Despite claims that structured immersion programs for language minority students cannot work for low-income students, two immersion projects with low-income Hispanic and Asian children worked; their effects appeared to endure even after students entered the mainstream. (BJV)
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Curriculum Development
Snow, Marguerite Ann – 1986
Bilingual immersion programs combine second language immersion for language majority children and bilingual education for language minority children. The programs are based on the underlying assumption of the immersion model: that a second language is best learned as a medium of instruction, not as the object of instruction. However, they are not…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Case Studies, Elementary Education
Barfield, Susan C.; Rhodes, Nancy C. – 1994
The partial immersion program at Key Elementary School (Arlington, Virginia), where half the day is taught in English and half in Spanish, continued to be successful in its eighth year. Reasons for success include: dedication and in-depth understanding of immersion philosophy among principal, coordinator, teachers, and staff; innovations in both…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Federal Aid
Barfield, Susan – 1995
The partial immersion program at Key Elementary School (Arlington, Virginia), where half the day is taught in English and half in Spanish, continued to be successful in its ninth year. Reasons for success include: dedication and in-depth understanding of immersion philosophy among principal, coordinator, teachers, and staff; innovations in both…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Federal Aid
Tucker, G. Richard – Focus, 1980
A comparison of the salient characteristics of Canadian and United States bilingual education programs suggests various settings where it would be desirable to introduce children to schooling in their home language. These settings include: (1) the various ethnic communities in the United States, (2) multilingual developing countries, (3) parts of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
