Immersion education : practices, policies, possibilities /: practices, policies, possibilities. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Diane J. Tedick, Donna Christian and Tara Williams Fortune.
• Other Names: Tedick, Diane J; Christian, Donna; Fortune, Tara Williams, 1955-
• Contents: Merrill Swain: Foreword Diane J. Tedick, Donna Christian and Tara Williams Fortune: Acknowledgements Introduction to the Volume Diane J. Tedick, Donna Christian and Tara Williams Fortune: The Future of Immersion Education: An Invitation to ‘Dwell in Possibility’ Section I: Practices in Immersion Program Design Siv Björklund and Karita Mård-Miettinen: Integrating Multiple Languages in Immersion: Swedish Immersion in Finland William H. Wilson and Kauanoe Kamanā: Insights from Indigenous Language Immersion in Hawaiʻi: The Case of Nāwahī School Gareth Diaz Zehrbach: Two-Way Immersion Charter Schools: An Analysis of Program Characteristics and Student Body Compositions Section II: Program Outcomes and Implications for Practice Kathryn Lindholm-Leary: Student Outcomes in Chinese Two-Way Immersion Programs: Language Proficiency, Academic Achievement, and Student Attitudes Ester J. de Jong and Carol I. Bearse: The Same Outcomes for All? High School Students Reflect on Their Two-Way Immersion Program Experiences Sandra Burger, Alysse Weinberg, Carla Hall, Parvin Movassat, and Amelia Hope: French Immersion Studies at the University of Ottawa: Program Evaluation and Pedagogical Challenges Section III: Language Use and Assessment Practices in Immersion Programs Pádraig Ó Duibhir: ‘I thought that we had good Irish’: Irish Immersion Students’ Insights into Their Target Language Use Maggie Broner and Diane J. Tedick: Talking in the 5th Grade Classroom: Language Use in an Early, Total Spanish Immersion Program Lizette Peter, Gloria Sly and Tracy Hirata-Edds: Using Language Assessment to Inform Instruction in Indigenous Language Immersion Section IV: Policy and Practice in Immersion Education Philip Hoare: Context and Constraints: Immersion in Hong Kong and Mainland China Lisa Dorner: US Immigrants and Two-Way Immersion Policies: The Mismatch between District Designs and Family Experiences Tara Williams Fortune: Struggling Learners and the Language Immersion Classroom Concluding Synthesis Chapter for the Volume Fred Genesee: Reflecting on Possibilities for Immersion
• Publisher Details: Bristol : Multilingual Matters
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (304 pages)
• Subjects: 418.0071; EDUCATION / General; Immersion method (Language teaching); Language and languages -- Study and teaching; Education, Bilingual; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics; LINGUISTICS; EDUCATION; Bilingualism & multilingualism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847694737
• Related ISBNs: 184769473X
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