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Canadian Immersion Students' Investment in French
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Marshall, Kelle L.; Bokhorst-Heng, Wendy D. – Modern Language Journal, 2020
French second language education, including the option of one-way French immersion, is mandated for majority-language Anglophone children in New Brunswick, Canada's only officially bilingual province. Language ideological debates in the province surrounding official English--French bilingualism led us to investigate adolescent majority-language…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, French, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
The Dynamic Multicausality of Age of First Bilingual Language Exposure: Evidence from a Longitudinal Content and Language Integrated Learning Study with Dense Time Serial Measurements
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Pfenninger, Simone E. – Modern Language Journal, 2020
This study reveals hitherto overlooked effects of age of onset (AO) in immersive school contexts, using multiple measures over time so as to focus on fluctuations and trends in individual data. The second language (L2) English development was studied in 91 children who received 50-50 content and language integrated learning (CLIL) instruction in…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Second Language Learning, Age Differences, English (Second Language)
Reframing the Debate on Language Separation: Toward a Vision for Translanguaging Pedagogies in the Dual Language Classroom
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Palmer, Deborah K.; Martínez, Ramón Antontio; Mateus, Suzanne G.; Henderson, Kathryn – Modern Language Journal, 2014
The policy of strict separation of languages for academic instruction dominates dual language bilingual education programming. This article explores the dynamic bilingual practices of two experienced bilingual teachers in a two-way dual language public school in Texas and contributes to current research problematizing language separation. Data…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Code Switching (Language), Bilingualism, Language Usage
The Two-Way Language Bridge: Co-Constructing Bilingual Language Learning Opportunities
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Martin-Beltran, Melinda – Modern Language Journal, 2010
Using a sociocultural theoretical lens, this study examines the nature of student interactions in a dual immersion school to analyze affordances for bilingual language learning, language exchange, and co-construction of language expertise. This article focuses on data from audio- and video-recorded interactions of fifth-grade students engaged in…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, Second Language Instruction
Student Spanish Use and Investment in a Dual Immersion Classroom: Implications for Second Language Acquisition and Heritage Language Maintenance
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Potowski, Kim – Modern Language Journal, 2004
In dual immersion classrooms, students from different language backgrounds are immersed in the minority language for large portions of the school day with the expectation that they will become equally proficient in their first language (L1) and in their second language (L2). Research on dual immersion indicates that students reach above-average…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Spanish, English (Second Language), Language Usage
Two-Way Immersion Education: Students Learning Through Two Languages.
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Christian, Donna – Modern Language Journal, 1996
Depicts the state of two-way immersion programs in the United States. Data indicate that these programs educate nonnative- English-speaking students, expand the nation's language resources by conserving the native-language skills of minority students and developing second-language skills in English-speaking students, and enhance crosscultural…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Cultural Awareness, Educational Objectives