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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"language immersion"”.
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Factors impacting effective dual language immersion (DLI) programs across three U.S states
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-03-28 without embargo terms
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How to better retain teachers in one-way K-12 language immersion programs
Language immersion education is a dream of the 1960s and 70s that has repeatedly found a way to reinvent itself and continue to survive. It not only brings language and culture to classrooms in all corners and cross-sections of society, but it raises the academic capital of the students who are a …
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Mandarin Chinese Immersion Program for Preschool Children in an Urban Private School in California: A Case Study
<p>This study enlisted language immersion practitioners in highlighting and exploring the issues and challenges that accompany language immersion education. Comprehensive focused personal interviews of preschool Mandarin Chinese language immersion educators in a private school provided the basis of …
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A Case Study of Leadership Practices in a Dual Language Program
… has been implementing a comprehensive 80:20 dual language immersion program for more than five years, and the campus has received an "A" rating from the Texas Education Agency based on State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) assessments more than once. Data were collected from the …
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Teaching Diversity through Multicultural Children's Literature: A Guidebook for Korean English Elementary School Teachers
… for Korean teachers to use during English language immersion camps. The goals are to encourage students to affirm themselves as unique individuals, accept and respect others who are different, learn about other cultures, overcome prejudice, apply critical thinking skills to issues related …
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Student Motivation and Identity Construction in an Intensive U.S. French Immersion Program
… experiences learning French as a Foreign Language (FFL) in an intensive Summer French Language Immersion Programs (SFLIPs). The results of the study demonstrate that participants who exhibited the most characteristics in connection to integrative motivation were the ones who took full …
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A Historical Look at "The Journal of the National Association for Bilingual Education"
… education (i.e. receiving education in two languages) has changed in recent years to include mono-lingual programs like English as a Second Language and Language Immersion.
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Cultivating Multicultural Learning Environments: A Blueprint for Establishing a Korean Language and Cultural Immersion School in Southeastern Wisconsin
… through the development of an independent Korean Language and Cultural Immersion School in Southeastern Wisconsin. Grounded in multicultural education and culturally responsive pedagogy, the study examines stakeholder perspectives on the need for Korean language and cultural representation in …
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The Implementation of a Two-Way Dual Language Program And The Impact On Teaching And Learning
<p>Dual language programs satisfy the requirement of mandated bilingual programs for English Language Learners in the state of Illinois. This qualitative program evaluation focused on a school district that entered into an adaptive change process with respect to creating a two-way dual language …
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Listening to Teachers’ Voices: Exploring the U.S. Public School Mandarin Immersion Program Teachers’ Experiences and Beliefs
… bilingual education in the United States, dual language immersion education has grown rapidly during the past decades (Lindholm-Leary, 2001; Wilson, 2011). Particularly, while the implementation of Mandarin Chinese immersion programs attracted educators and stakeholders’ interest, limited …
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Community perceptions of a Cree immersion program at Cumberland House
This thesis contributes to the literature on language revitalization, a hopeful branch of research that counters the foreboding conclusions of language shift studies. It is based on data collected in May, 1998, at Cumberland House, an Aboriginal community in northeastern Saskatchewan. Fifty-five …
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Dual Immersion Programs and their Implications: Focused Analyses on the Educational History
… and economic policies. This paper analyzes dual immersion programs, which have been treated as a controversial topic due to its implications on national security and identity. Dual immersion programs are a method of educating students through bilingual means. This study looks at the evolution of …
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Exploring the Lakota Culture in Reservation-Based Schools
… participants’ children attended either a private immersion, public, or Bureau of Indian Education-affiliated/Tribally controlled school. Four themes emerged from this study: Lakota cultural implementation in schools positively and holistically impacted participants’ children and their development; …
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L'efficacité du programme de l'année à l'étranger pour les étudiants de français au Ghana: perspectives des professeurs et des étudiants
… to adopt French as one of the nation's official languages, further bolstering this initiative. This study investigates the effectiveness of a Year-Abroad program in enhancing French language proficiency among students at Ghanaian universities. With a focus on oral competence, the research …
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KALAMAZOO REVISITED: HERITAGE LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE AMONG LATVIANS IN NORTH AMERICA
… investment, and community contact in Heritage Language Learning (HLL), Heritage Language Maintenance (HLM) and identity formation among two groups of North American Latvians. One is made up of 49 teenagers at Gaŗezers language camp in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The other comprises 25 parents, other …
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An Economic Analysis of Children's Behavior and Academic Experiences in Canadian Schools
… the school performance, bullying behavior, and language immersion of children in four chapters of the Ph.D. thesis. In the first chapter, the academic performance of children of immigrants is compared with that of their classmates of Canadian-born parents. The comparison starts when children are …
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Navigating the Framework: Evaluating Program Placement for Secondary English Learners in Texas Schools
… the United States, yet persistent disparities in language proficiency and academic performance remain, particularly in Texas secondary schools. Despite extensive investment in bilingual and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs, student outcomes vary widely across districts, suggesting that …
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When Hearts Beat in Two Languages: Enabling Access to Biliteracy Pathway Recognitions for Latine Linguistically Expanding Learners (LExLs) in K-8 Schools Across a Southern California School District
… of LExL and English-only students across Dual Language Immersion (DLI) and Structured English Immersion (SEI) contexts. Document analysis of district communications, board documents, and program materials provided additional context. Data were analyzed through multiple rounds of deductive and …
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Te pā harakeke: Educational success and kōhanga reo
… of living and being in the world. Indigenous language immersion settings, such as kōhanga reo (Māori immersion “language nests” for children from birth to six years old in Aotearoa New Zealand), have emerged in response to the desires of Indigenous peoples to retain their knowledge, language, …
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