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Download full textLindahl, Kristen; Hansen-Thomas, Holly; Baecher, Laura; Stewart, Mary Amanda – TESL-EJ, 2020
This article describes the ways in which study abroad experiences in international settings may help language teachers develop linguistic and cultural consciousness that ideally influence pedagogical practices in their home teaching contexts. Drawing upon the framework of critical multilingual awareness (CMLA; García, 2017), we describe three…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, English Teachers, Second Language Instruction, Multilingualism
Direct linkFortune, Tara W.; Tedick, Diane J. – Modern Language Journal, 2015
This cross-sectional study used assessments developed by the Center for Applied Linguistics to examine the oral proficiency of 218 K-8 English-proficient students in 4 Spanish immersion programs. Following a comprehensive review of assessment results for English-proficient immersion learners, the article reports findings from statistical analyses.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Oral Language, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Roskvist, Annelies; Harvey, Sharon; Corder, Deborah; Stacey, Karen – Language Learning Journal, 2014
The overseas immersion environment has long been considered a superior context for language learning, supposedly providing unlimited exposure to target language (TL) input and countless opportunities for authentic interaction with expert users. This article focuses on immersion programmes (IPs) for in-service language teachers--a relatively…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Teacher Attitudes, Linguistic Input
Weinhouse, Marilyn Morse – 1986
Sheltered English is a method of instruction for limited-English-proficient (LEP) students based on the Canadian model of immersion education in which content is taught in English and made comprehensible to the students by special instructional techniques. The goal of the program is to enable the LEP students to acquire high levels of oral English…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Immersion Programs
Nanaimo School District #68 (British Columbia). – 1991
The Nanaimo (British Columbia) school district's French immersion program is evaluated. An introductory section gives background on the evaluation, outlines the evaluation process used, and offers brief comments on its outcome. The second section describes the immersion program's history and its current status in terms of enrollment, class size,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Lipton, Gladys C., Ed. – 1998
A collection of essays on FLES (foreign languages in the elementary school) includes: "Public Education in America and the Implications of Foreign Language and Second Language Acquisition" (Peter Negroni); "The People Factor in the Glastonbury Public Schools" (Christine Brown); "Public Relations: Inside and Outside"…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, FLES
