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Direct linkXu, Xiaoqiu; Padilla, Amado M.; Silva, Duarte M. – Foreign Language Annals, 2015
This study compared the Mandarin performance of elementary immersion program students and high school world language program students in the same school district. A cross-sectional design was employed to gather information on Mandarin proficiency of fourth and fifth graders and Level 4 and Level 5 (AP Chinese) high school students who took the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Steele, Tracy M.; Peterson, Margaret D.; Silva, Duarte M.; Padilla, Amado M. – Foreign Language Annals, 2009
The Bay Area Foreign Language Program (BAFLP), one of nine regional sites of the California Foreign Language Project, offers ongoing, year-round professional development programs for world language educators. In addition, its leadership program prepares selected educators to assume leadership positions at their school sites, building capacity for…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Professional Development, Leadership
Sung, Hyekyung; Padilla, Amado M.; Silva, Duarte M. – Foreign Language Annals, 2006
This study examines various features of foreign language program offerings at 220 public high schools in California. Foreign language program features were examined in relation to the school's Academic Performance Index (API), the school's socioeconomic status (percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and percentage of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Socioeconomic Status, Second Language Programs, Public Schools
Download full textPadilla, Amado M.; Sung, Hyekyung – 1997
The report summarizes results of an evaluative study of selected state-funded elementary and secondary school programs for less commonly taught languages (LCTLs) in California. Fourteen projects at 19 school sites received a maximum of 4 years of funding to offer instruction in Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Korean, and Russian. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Chinese, Elementary Secondary Education
