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Hamann, Edmund T.; Catalano, Theresa – Language Policy, 2021
Dual language (DL) programs propose to be vehicles of social justice and transformation by valuing an additional language other than the dominant one in a society and thereby contesting language hierarchies and the subordination of those who speak/use a non-dominant language (Flores, Flores, Educational Policy 30:13-38, 2016; Menken and GarcĂ­a,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Social Justice, Native Language, Second Language Learning
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Handley, Sharon – Language Learning Journal, 2011
The COLT (Community and Lesser Taught Languages) project is a consortium of five UK universities, working with various other regional organisations to set up replicable projects and structures to promote languages in North West England. It received funding under the UK's national "Routes into Languages" initiative. One objective was to…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Foreign Countries, Native Speakers, Language Enrichment
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Baetens Beardsmore, Hugo; Swain, Merrill – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1985
Compares two different types of bilingual education programs--the Canadian immersion programs, designed primarily for foreign language enrichment, and the European School bilingual education program, designed primarily for language maintenance. Achievement scores for both approaches were comparable, pointing to the importance of environment and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Comparative Analysis, French, Immersion Programs