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Ulrike Brons – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Despite the growing societal demand for multilingual graduates prepared to engage in local and global contexts, programs to meet these demands are scarce, especially in K-8 contexts. When schools do seek to implement programs, stakeholders struggle to choose from the established models because research documenting desired outcomes is lacking.…
Descriptors: FLES, Second Language Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Development
Okura, Eve K. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation presents the findings from interviews conducted with language nest workers, teachers, language nest coordinators, administrators of language revitalization programs, principals and directors of language immersion schools that work in close proximity with language nests, and linguists involved in language revitalization efforts.…
Descriptors: Interviews, Language Maintenance, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning
Salgado, Herlinda Arlene Galve – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Elementary Spanish language immersion programs have become more popular in the educational field in the United States to support the academic achievement of minority students. The final goal of immersion programs is to develop proficiency in the home language and dominant language, identified as first language (L1) and second language (L2), to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Hispanic American Students
Brady, Tina – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Increased interest by political leaders and parents in educating linguistically competent U.S. students to compete in the global society has emphasized the need for early foreign language learning for all students. Language education researchers have identified core elements of sustainable long-term successful programs that begin in elementary…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Immersion Programs, Standards
Amundson, Cielle – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In order to create long-term academic success for their students, it is critical for classroom teachers and administrators in language immersion settings to be effectively trained in best practices for teaching a second language. The purpose of this outcomes-based program evaluation was to explore the perceived effectiveness of the professional…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Program Effectiveness, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Programs
Clementi, Donna L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to describe perceptions of stakeholders (leadership of Concordia Language Villages, staff members and villagers of "Lac du Bois", the French Language Village of Concordia Language Villages), related to achievement of the mission statement. The research question was: How do stakeholders in "Lac du…
Descriptors: French, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Programs