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Haj-Broussard, Michelle; Keefer, Natalie; Hébert, Dustin; Grivet, Candice – NECTFL Review, 2019
Research on stakeholder perspectives in language immersion contexts is relatively new (Padron & Waxman, 2016; Whitacre, 2015). This current qualitative research examined perspectives of stakeholders at a mini-conference for immersion educators and administrators called Conversations in Immersion. The mini-conference encouraged immersion…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Attitudes
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Haj-Broussard, Michelle – Research Issues in Contemporary Education, 2018
At the time of the demise of bilingual education in California via Proposition 227, Chueng and Drabkin (1999) discussed the unchecked prevalence of poorly run bilingual programs and the apathetic administrators who provided inadequate oversight in terms of ensuring program quality. Proponents of dual language immersion programs hope to avoid this…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Bilingual Education Programs, Immersion Programs, Second Language Learning
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Haj-Broussard, Michelle; Olson Beal, Heather K.; Boudreaux, Nicole – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2017
This study examined seven Louisiana kindergarten immersion teachers' practices to evaluate students' oral target language production and compare the oral production elicited when different instructional practices were used over a single semester. Three rounds of three 20-minute observations in three different contexts--circle time, direct…
Descriptors: French, Immersion Programs, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning
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Keefer, Natalie; Lopez, Julia; Young, Jyhane; Haj-Broussard, Michelle – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2020
At the intersection of social studies and world language curricula are opportunities to explore students' prior learning with vocabulary-rich content designed to support language acquisition goals. "Funds of knowledge" is defined as socio-cultural, economic, and historical knowledge from home and community settings. The instructional…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Spanish Speaking, Prior Learning, Teaching Methods
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Olson Beal, Heather K.; Haj-Broussard, Michelle; Boudreaux, Nicole – Research in the Schools, 2012
In this position article, we explore what happens when school district policies regarding desegregation, accountability, and foreign language immersion education collide. Specifically, we contrast 2 immersion programs that experienced distinct outcomes as a result of the conflicting agendas underlying these 3 policies. One program, originally…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Policy
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Haj-Broussard, Michelle – Teacher Education and Practice, 2006
In this article, I--a White, French-immersion teacher-researcher--engage in a reflective examination of my research and teaching practices involving African American students. My critical reflection of my research examines the instruments used in my comparative study of African American students' experiences in the French-immersion context and the…
Descriptors: African American Students, Comparative Analysis, Teaching Methods, Immersion Programs