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Granados, Adrián; Lorenzo-Espejo, Antonio; Lorenzo, Francisco – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
However influential the interdependence hypothesis has become in bilingual research, it still lacks full empirical support. This longitudinal study explores the parallels in the biliteracy development (L1 Spanish and L2 English) of 20 students in a European immersion programme (i.e. CLIL) over a two-year period. A bilingual learner corpus of…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Literacy, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Rodríguez-Valls, Fernando; Solsona-Puig, Jordi; Capdevila-Gutiérrez, Maria – Cogent Education, 2017
As many K-6 students enrolled in dual language and bilingual programs enter middle and subsequently high schools that implement similar programs, content area teachers in Spanish face a twofold challenge: to remain aligned with the classroom discourse utilized in Spanish Language Arts (SLAs) and to implement effective strategies while teaching…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Spanish, Language of Instruction, Immersion Programs
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Coppersmith, Sarah A.; Song, Kim H. – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2017
Questions remain about inquiry instruction, while research confirms that using primary sources can aid students' inquiry learning processes. This study questioned: "How do second-grade teachers at an International Baccalaureate Organization/IBO language immersion setting incorporate inquiry methods in instructional practices?"; "How…
Descriptors: Primary Sources, Museums, Elementary School Curriculum, Inquiry
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Kong, Stella – TESOL Journal, 2015
Immersion education, a variant of content-based instruction, is characterised by the dual curriculum goals of content and language learning. The content and language learning goals become increasingly complex and challenging at the late immersion level. One way to help students achieve these goals is by planning content and language learning…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Material Development, Immersion Programs, Second Language Learning
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Gearon, Margaret Mary – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2011
Task-based learning has been recommended in immersion classes in order to provide relief from the usual teacher-fronted lessons and increase the opportunities for student output. This paper presents one aspect of the data collected during the on-going evaluation of a late partial immersion French programme in an Australian school. It presents the…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Interpersonal Communication, French, Bilingualism
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Wannagat, Ulrich – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2007
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) has been promoted by the European Union as a means to achieve multilingualism. While in Germany and other European countries the trend to use the L2 as a medium of instruction is increasing, in Hong Kong, however, we see a converse development. Many schools switched from English as a medium of…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Language of Instruction, Interaction, Foreign Countries