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Inelda Luna – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The goal of a dual language immersion program is for students to attain high academics in both the target and the partner language. Students, who enter the program in Kindergarten, are immersed in common core language arts standards with targeted literacy instruction in Spanish for the entire block. By the time students reach fifth grade, they are…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Bilingual Education Programs, Academic Achievement, Spanish
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Vanichvasin, Patchara – English Language Teaching, 2019
The research purposes were to: 1) develop lesson plans for content-based instruction; 2) evaluate the students' perceptions of the effectiveness of content-based instruction; and 3) investigate the effects of content-based instruction on English language performance of Thai undergraduate students in a non-English program. The sample group was 19…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
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Bourgoin, Renée; Le Bouthillier, Josée – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée, 2021
Elementary French immersion (FI) language arts teachers often organize instruction around small learning groups. Students rotate through learning stations/centres and work independently with their peers on L2 literacy skills. This study examined how principles of task-based language teaching (TBLT) can be used and/or adapted to further support…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, French, Elementary School Students, Language Arts
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Xiang, Sophia – LEARNing Landscapes, 2019
Written from the perspective of a Grade 5/6 French Immersion teacher, this paper examines the role of music, poetry, and the visual arts in enhancing learner identity, in the context of the elementary school classroom. It begins with a focus on artistic metaphors that represent cultural and linguistic hyphenation. It then addresses practical…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, French, Immersion Programs, Music
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Cammarata, Laurent; Haley, Corey – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2018
Although immersion programs are very popular in Canada, they are complex to implement and not as successful as we would hope them to be when it comes to the development of students' language skills. This article reports on the findings of a case study conducted within the context of an ongoing five-year grant funded project in Western Canada whose…
Descriptors: French, Faculty Development, Teaching Methods, Course Content
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Reinhardt, Martin – Cogent Education, 2017
In 2016, Dr. Martin Reinhardt and Dr. Jioanna Carjuzaa produced a series of three webinars concerning Indigenous language immersion programs. The first webinar focused on broad curriculum development ideas including core relationships, guidelines and principles for effective pedagogy, and models. The second webinar focused on the elements of…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Language Maintenance, Indigenous Populations, Seminars