The document comprises 42 inserts to be included in the List of Books (4-6) for French as a Second Language (Immersion)--a selection of works of youth literature--published by Alberta Learning in 2000. Thirty-seven of the items appeal to the world of imagination and esthetics, and five items are of an informative nature. An appendix, entitled "How to Discover What our Students Like to Read," by Flore Gervais, published in Quebec francais, No. 120, Winter 2001, presents interesting...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adolescents, Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Guides, Immersion...
This brief presents two articles. The first discusses ways that schools are working to strengthen language learning for English language learners (ELLs), noting that as the population of ELLs is growing, school districts are scrambling for resources and trying to find the best ways to place and educate such students. Despite limited resources, districts are encouraging English-as-a-Second-Language teachers to work with general educators to help them modify their content instruction and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Family Literacy, High...
The effects of different variables on second language acquisition, specifically the effect of parental influence, were tested on the Gardner (1979) model of second language acquisition. Data were obtained from 68 anglophone students in grades 7-10 enrolled in a French immersion program and also from their parents. A factor analysis of parental data indicated that parental influence can be divided into passive and active components, with the passive component being the early development of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, French, Immersion Programs, Language Proficiency, Models, Parent Influence, Second...
Two-Way Immersion (TWI) is a method of instruction designed to facilitate the learning of a second language by non-native speakers. Unlike traditional methods of teaching a second language, TWI is grounded in the equal presence, respect, and value of the two languages and their related cultures. Moreover, the goal of TWI is the building of communities of intercultural competence and appreciation. In this article, I argue that TWI is especially appropriate for many Catholic schools given the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Catholic Schools, Immersion Programs, Program Effectiveness, School Community...
Conceptual guidelines for the design of new secondary school French second language programs are outlined, in response to the need for an instructional model to accommodate Alberta's increasing anglophone enrollment in French immersion programs. The first section chronicles the evolution of the concept of language and second language instructional approaches. Structural, formalist, functional, and communicative approaches are discussed. The second section describes and charts four basic...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, French, Immersion Programs, Program Design, Program Development,...
Many times summer language immersion administrators and instructors overlook the rich collections housed in various town libraries. Students of French immersion programs have an opportunity to utilize local libraries. This essay describes the facilities and services of five libraries in La Pocatiere, Quebec. A series of interviews of librarians and students provided evidence of a failure to connect and utilize rich local resources for projects and activities. French literacy and oracy are...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Public Libraries, French, Immersion Programs, Summer Programs, Library Services,...
This annotated bibliography of children's literature presents over 150 books, stories and songs that can be used in the French language classroom to introduce literature in French to children in Kindergarten through third grade. The selected texts (97 titles in fiction and 62 titles in non-fiction) were chosen for their age-appropriate language and themes, as well as their comprehensibility to the non-native speaker. Each entry in the bibliography provides the format and bibliographic...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Foreign Countries, French, Immersion...
A collection of selected papers from the March 1981 Language Proficiency Assessment Symposium, a component of the National Institute of Education's Assessment of Language Proficiency of Bilingual Persons project, are presented. Papers include: "An Overview of Communicative Competence" (Cynthia Wallat); "Some Comments on the Terminology of Language Testing" (Lyle Bachman, and Adrian Palmer); "Some Implications of Communicative Competence Research for Integrative...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Bilingualism, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conference Proceedings, Immersion...
The evaluation of bilingual education programs is complicated by such factors as the diversity of evaluation methodologies and program goals and the reliability of instruments for minority language students. Three bilingual program evaluations in foreign countries are described in terms of their different contexts and approaches in order to raise issues about bilingual education program evaluation. The programs evaluated were the St. Lambert French immersion program in Canada, the Yoruba 6-year...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Educational Assessment, Elementary...
The Ainsworth School Spanish Partial Immersion Program (Portland, Oregon) was established in 1987 to provide an elementary foreign language magnet program to children in the district. The program's major goals are bilingual proficiency and increased understanding of the second language culture. During 1989-1990, the program enrolled 205 students in kindergarten through grade 3. Students were taught mathematics, social studies, and some language arts in Spanish for half the day and were taught...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Cultural Awareness, Immersion Programs, Primary Education,...
This study applies the model of expertise developed by Ericsson et al (2007) to second and foreign language learning. Ericsson et al posits that in order to achieve expertise (as they define it) requires 10,000 or longer of "intense training". Applying this model to language learning, equating an expert level of competence with fluency, various scenarios are explored. (Contains 2 tables.)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Second Language Learning, Time on Task, Language Fluency, Models, Expertise,...
Dual-language education, or dual immersion, is an educational model that is used in public school districts in the United States to provide education to English-speaking and non-English-speaking children with the goal of having each group of students learn a second language. Over the past 30 years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of dual-language programs in the United States. The increasing number of dual-language programs and the benefits that have been shown from attending...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Visual Impairments, Immersion Programs, Second Language Instruction, Public Schools,...
This report, written in French and German, provides an evaluation of a pilot program, begun during the 1999-2000 school year, in which Kindergarten students (aged 5 to 6 years) in the French-speaking town of Cressier and the German-speaking town of Jeuss-Lurtigen-Salvenach, both in the bilingual Fribourg/Freiburg Canton of Switzerland,received 10% of their education in the partner (Frebch or German) language. The program was evaluated through classroom observation, a questionnaire administered...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Classroom Observation Techniques, Foreign Countries, French, German, Immersion...
A colloquium convened at the Deutsches Haus in New York is summarized that brought together experts to discuss (1) the significance foreign languages have for other elementary school subjects, and (2) what function the other subjects serve for early foreign language learning. The following six topics, guided by session leaders, provided the structure of the colloquium: aims and objectives of elementary school education in the United States (Constance Gonser); the role of foreign language...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, FLES, Foreign Countries, Immersion...
The process of developing, piloting, and refining an oral proficiency test as part of the Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR) test battery is described. The test was designed to fill a need for an oral interview-type measure adapted for fifth to seventh grade students. The test was produced first for Spanish immersion students, then adapted for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students at the same grade level, resulting in the CLEAR Oral Language Proficiency Exam (COPE) in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Immersion Programs,...
This teacher's guide is intended for the instruction of both French as a first language and French as a second language in immersion programs. It provides a host of strategies for teaching listening skills in the classroom in Grades 1 through 7. The first section is designed to bring the teacher's awareness to the training procedure. It discusses the motivation to learn new strategies, preparing for their implementation, and the transfer of knowledge. The second section presents the practical...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Education, French, Immersion Programs, Listening Skills, Native Language...
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 the study. The research literature reviewed indicated that when young children learn a new language it benefits them later in their education. These students have increased competency in their second...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Strategies, Immersion Programs, Preschool Children, Private Schools,...
An elementary school Spanish-as-a-foreign-language immersion program in Social Science is described. Explanations for the teacher are offered, and activities are described in detail. Exercises and evaluations are also offered. Different aspects of the Japanese way of living are used to practice the Spanish language. Some of the aspects presented are geography, landscape, lifestyles, culture, natural resources, weather, music and art, industry, schools, language, religion, and the Japanese...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Class Activities, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Education, FLES, Geography,...
The purpose of this manual, which accompanies a video program, is to provide general background information for foreign language teachers who are, or soon will be, teaching in total, partial, or two-way immersion classrooms. Part of a series of video programs, this manual highlights special considerations for immersion teachers as they plan and teach social studies lessons. The program discusses the following: goals of social studies; instructional strategies that promote learning of social...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Education, FLES, Immersion Programs, Language Teachers, Second Language...
With the purpose of highlighting the lessons to be learned from immersion programs, this digest presents selected findings from research carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of immersion programs in Canada and the United States. These lessons are related to the importance of: (1) integrating language with content instruction (when second language instruction is integrated with instruction in academic content, it is more effective than teaching the language in isolation); (2) creating...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries, Immersion Programs, Instructional...
The history of French immersion instruction in Canada is reviewed, and the literature relating to that history is examined. The first chapter offers three distinct perspectives on the emergence of French immersion: (1) chronological; (2) phenomenological and pragmatic; and (3) methodological and pedagogic. Also in the first chapter, the immersion instruction situations in the United States and Europe are profiled for comparison. The second chapter contains a bibliography of 409 citations, most...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Comparative Education, Educational History, Educational Strategies, Foreign...
This paper explores Fred Genesee's Classroom Based Assessment (CBA) as an alternative model for assessing instruction as it affects students' learning in an immersion program. CBA collects information on language while instruction and other activities are taking place, allowing teachers the flexibility to alter teaching strategies to be more responsive to students' learning. Conventional assessment primarily measures learning via written tests. Its perspective defines learning as a product...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Evaluation Methods, Immersion Programs,...
This guide for parents of elementary school Spanish language students who wish to learn the language along with their children contains the following materials: (1) language learning hints; (2) pronunciation help including rhythm patterns; (3) conversation capsules (small dialogs and a selection of drawings to accompany the texts) permitting parents to converse with their children about daily household, school, and community activities; (4) useful expressions for the descriptions of the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Dialogs (Language), Elementary Education, FLES, French, Immersion Programs, Parent...
In two-way bilingual education programs (TBPs), students learn together through two languages in programs that aim to develop dual language proficiency along with academic achievement. In Christian and Mahrer (1992, 1993), profiles were completed for TBPs in operation during the 1991-1992 and 1992-1993 academic years. This supplement, an annual update, covers the 1993-1994 school year. The three volumes together provide information on programs in 176 schools in 17 states. Tabled data show that...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Program Descriptions, Program...
The planning and operation of Jefferson County (Colorado) Public Schools' foreign language camps are described. The weekend-long camps attempt to duplicate an authentic cultural experience in a foreign village through cultural activities and language immersion. French, Spanish, Russian, and German camps are conducted for county high school foreign language students. Activities such as cooking of foreign cuisine, crafts, singing, and shopping are all conducted in the target language. Teachers...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Camping, Cultural Activities, French, German, Immersion Programs, Program...
This is an updated and revised edition of the directory produced in 1992, and the supplements of 1993 and 1994, on two-way bilingual programs that integrate language minority and language majority students, providing instruction in and through the two languages in Grades pre-K-12. Languages involved include Arabic, Cantonese, Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, Navajo, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. Each program listed in the previous issues was asked for updated information, and information...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Program Descriptions,...
Just a few short years ago, Franklin Elementary in Glendale, California, was in danger of closing its doors because enrollment was so low. The school district decided to put into place a series of language immersion programs at the site. It currently houses Spanish, Italian, and German immersion programs. These programs have boosted Franklin's enrollment and turned the school around. The PTA board jumped at the opportunity to welcome new parents into the school while continuing to value the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Immersion Programs, Elementary Schools, Enrollment, Parents, Teachers, Parent...
Research on factors related to the sociocultural effects of balanced biliteracy involving a European language and an Asian language is reviewed. Becoming biliterate and fluently bilingual in a European and an Asian language involves several complications not involved in acquiring two European languages. The biliterate in such a situation must learn two different orthographies and learn to apply sociolinguistic rules to interaction in two widely different cultures. The review focuses on children...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Asian Americans, Biculturalism, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Elementary...
This paper focuses on teaching varieties of French spoken outside of France, examining how best to introduce American students to French spoken in many francophone communities. Highlighting the notions of functional competence and pedagogical norm as central criteria for developing effective, but realistic, curricula for introducing Quebec French into French language programs, the paper asserts that different situations call for different solutions. Specifically, it shows that while it is...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, French, Higher...
This introductory paper reviews the development of Maori language total immersion courses for adults, based on the author's own experience. Total immersion courses were established as part of the Maori mission under the Whakatupuranga Rua Mano-Generation 2000 tribal program. The program supports Maori people who can "karanga" (do a high-pitched call by senior women or elders), "whaikorero" (do formal speechmaking), and who can make a real contribution in terms of the Maori...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Students, American Indian Languages, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries,...
The "Pratiques exemplaires en technologies de l'information et de la communication" series for francophone and immersion schools is an initiative of French Language Services Branch, in cooperation with the Stakeholder Technology Task Group of Alberta Learning. The series has a dual purpose: to provide information on aspects of implementing the information and communication technology (ICT) program of studies, aspects that are unique to the French First Language and the French...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology,...
Two-way language development programs are full-time programs that use two languages, one of which is English, for the purpose of instruction. Ideally, these programs are composed of elementary or secondary students half of whom are native speakers of English and the other half of whom are native speakers of the other language of instruction. Subject matter is learned through both languages, enabling students to become proficient in a second language. The objectives of two-way language...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Behavioral Objectives, Bilingual Education Programs, Educational Objectives, English...
This teacher's guide is intended for the instruction of both French as a first language and French as a second language in an immersion setting. It provides a host of strategies for teaching listening skills in the classroom in Grades 6 through 12. The first section is designed to bring the teacher's awareness to the training procedure. It discusses the motivation for learning new strategies, preparing for their implementation, and the transfer of knowledge. The second section focuses on the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, French, Immersion Programs, Intermediate Grades, Listening Skills, Native Language...
In parts of rural New Brunswick (Canada) a milder form of French immersion instruction was developed in the late 1970s. It is called "Extended Core French" or "Single Subject Immersion, grades 7-12." Twenty to 30 percent of students in these programs can reach the oral proficiency level achieved by Early Immersion Students. This paper is an attempt to show that a form of partial French second-language immersion has developed favorable results compared to Early French...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, French, Immersion Programs,...
The purpose of this manual, which accompanies a video program, is to provide general background information for foreign language teachers who are, or soon will be, teaching in total, partial, or two-way immersion classrooms. Part of a series of video programs, this manual highlights special considerations for immersion teachers about deciding what culture is, when it should be taught, and how to teach it. The program is divided into three sections that discuss the following: defining culture;...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Elementary Education, FLES, French, Immersion...
This paper presents an ethnographic record of one teacher's ongoing experience trying to understand the kinds of language ideologies constructed in the classroom about the Korean language and culture. The paper describes a class of Korean-American college students in a Korean language class who had never successfully achieved native fluency in their heritage language, although several attended Korean Saturday schools as children. The expression, "FOB," (fresh off the boat), proved to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cultural Influences, Higher Education, Immersion Programs, Immigrants, Korean...
The purpose of this manual, which accompanies a video program, is to provide general background information for foreign language teachers who are, or soon will be, teaching in total, partial, or two-way immersion classrooms. Part of a series of video programs, this manual highlights special considerations in the planning process that impact the delivery of instruction in the immersion classroom. The program describes four planning tasks, including: sequencing instructional objectives;...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, FLES, Immersion Programs, Instructional...
The Compton Community College (CCC) General Education Associate of Arts/Certification Bilingual Immersion Program (BIP) is designed to allow English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) or limited English proficiency (LEP) students to study subjects beyond ESL in a bilingual setting. Current ESL programs offer students no oppurtunity to take degree/transfer credit courses until they have achieved proficiency in English, usually a 3-year process. As a result, the majority of ESL students neither earn a...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Associate Degrees, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Community...
Language camps that provide language immersion and cultural experiences for high school students outside of the classroom are described. Descriptions of 49 camps in 26 states are arranged alphabetically by state and provide the names and addresses of sponsors and facts about the program activities and fees. Two of the language camps programs are described in detail: a week-long French and Spanish camp sponsored by Ohio University, and a French weekend program organized by two high school...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Camping, Cultural Activities, Day Camp Programs, Extracurricular Activities,...
The characteristics of Canadian language immersion, bilingual education, and modified immersion programs are described, and their characteristics are compared with research findings on the characteristics of effective dual language programs. The information provided is intended to assist policymakers, educators, and community leaders in making informed decisions about language development programs. Several questions associated with bilingual and immersion education are addressed: What is...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Bilingual Education Programs, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Immersion...
This paper looks at the nature of second language immersion learning and instruction through the lens of situated learning theory. This theory has strong relevance for language immersion practice and research. An emerging research program is introduced that is focused on the overlap of immersion learning and situated learning theory, and an initial study is discussed that explored how learners think, feel, and act during initial meetings with immersion environments. (Author/JL)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Acculturation, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, Immersion Programs,...
This publication, launched by the French Council of the Alberta Teachers' Association and prepared under the Millennium Partnership Program in Canada, presents a collection of essays written by French language immersion students in the elementary and secondary grades. Essay topics touch on the following themes: remembering, dreaming, celebrating, and building the future. (AS)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Essays, Foreign Countries, French, Immersion...
The study examined how the English reading performance of predominantly Spanish-speaking students in transitional bilingual education compared with the performance of predominantly Spanish-speaking students in structured English immersion. The study analyzed data on three cohorts of students in six schools in Los Angeles; Denver; Albuquerque; St. Paul, MN; Rockford, IL; and Alamo, TX, from 2004 to 2009. Students were randomly assigned to receive either transitional bilingual education or...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Research, Bilingual Education, Immersion Programs, Reading Achievement,...
This report presents information on the Connecting Worlds/Mundos Unidos Project and provides a general comparison overview of accomplishments during its five years of operation. The Connecting Worlds/Mundos Unidos Project has been operating in the El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) for eleven years, but in the present format as a Jacob K. Javits grant for the past five school years, this being its last year under this grant. It is one of very few dual-language projects for gifted...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academically Gifted, Immersion Programs, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests,...
The materials in this document discuss the Alberta (Canada) public school curriculum for French immersion instruction for 5-year olds in preschool, intended for implementation in September 2000. The first part outlines the rationale and organization of the curriculum model and its five guiding principles. The second part describes the seven targeted areas of instruction (personal and social responsibility, French as a second language, appreciation of the French language, physical abilities and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Course Content, Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries, French,...
Techniques learned in the Goethe-Institut German classroom in Germany, are described and recommended for American use, particularly the immersion approach and emphasis on variety in instructional activities. Other features are also discussed, including: the role of a teacher's willingness to provide multi-sensory activities, creative use of the basal text, individualized instruction, an emphasis on proficiency rather than simply earning credits, ways to "de-mystify" foreign language,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, German, Higher Education, Immersion...
This teacher's guide, written in French, intended for the instruction of both French as a first language and French as a second language (immersion), provides a host of strategies for teaching writing skills in the classroom (grades 1 through 7). Section 1 is designed to bring the teacher's awareness to the training procedure, discussing the motivation to learn new strategies, preparing for their implementation, and the transfer of knowledge. Section 2 presents the practical aspects of the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, French, Immersion Programs, Native Language...
An examination of existing data was conducted to determine the effects of different kindergarten options on subsequent academic achievement in French immersion programs. It was concluded that there was no evidence for any superiority in outcomes for full-day bilingual as compared to half-day French kindergarten. No clear trends emerged in the comparison of full-day bilingual vs. half-day English groups at the grade 1 level, although differences in French skills were apparent between these two...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational...
The document is designed for the use by teachers of French immersion Kindergarten programs in Alberta. It aims at outlining the vision, elements, and goals of the program, explaining the role of a French immersion Kindergarten, and providing practical tools for the implementation of the program. Part 1 (Portraits) focuses on how to "read" not only the student in the context of his home, his school, and his community, but also the teacher and the community (home, school, francophone...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries, French, Immersion Programs, Kindergarten,...
Dual immersion classrooms combine students who speak a non-English language (in this case Spanish) with English speaking students learning the native language of the nonnative English speaking students. This case study recorded the output of Spanish first language (L1) and second language (L2) fifth graders over 5 months of Spanish language classes. The 2,203 turns of speech were coded according to nine sociolinguistic variables. Overall, students used Spanish 56 percent and English 44 percent...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Bilingual Students, Elementary Education, Grade 5, Language Usage, Second Language...
