English immersion programs

Dual Immersion Program is one of the innovative bilingual education program, meaning what develops the high levels of academic proficiency in the students on both learning languages (Thomas and Collier 2002; Lindholm-Leary 2001)4. Other common used terminology used for one of the variations of this type of program model is Dual Language Program, Dual Language Immersion, Two-way Dual Language, One-way Dual Language, Partial Immersion, Full Immersion, etc. The instructional model of DIP promotes the

KA statement of the problem An increase of English language learners (ELL) in United States schools has led to continued research in to the best way to help ELL students acquire proficiency in English as required by the No Child Left Behind legislation (NCLB Section 1001, p. 15). But what is the best way to teach English to ELL students? In this study, which was the first of its kind longitudinally, two English learning approaches for Spanish-speaking students are compared: Transitional Bilingual

future and success of children. But not all students will become musicians, or artists, or Spanish teachers. While these are important there can be more options for electives. I have always wanted to be able to speak a cool language. Other than English, I had no idea what was out there. I was so excited when I learned that my school was learning Latin. After a year my school stopped and learned Spanish, but I was never interested in Spanish. When Spanish class

bilingual program was established. In the 21st century, California has the most diverse student population in the world, with more than 100 languages spoken in homes of these student (Maggie Beddow) (pg VI). Since many California students came from another country with no background knowledge of the English language, they faced the real struggle when they are put into school. Many view that the more diverse the student population in a school, the “bigger” the issue when it comes to learning English. It

Joining Immersion, forced me to be around others with different backgrounds, complexions, and dreams. To be fully truthful, it was almost a culture shock when we first started but eventually the diversity grew on me and I soon began to crave the one thing I never desired before. Immersion changed me culturally; I became more open to other lifestyles and point of views. Before Immersion, I was not open to other cultures or lifestyles that were not

Bilingual classes at Denair Elementary School will foster communication between students by putting them all in the same position. Learning a new language is hard, but by instructing students in Spanish and English we prevent the current misconception that the English language is superior to Spanish, and can have students working together towards mastery. Through paring and partner switching we can introduce students to one another and allow them to personally experience the difficulty

Tupac’s poems in my English class, here I was, sitting in front of the principal, she gave me a puzzled look, wondering how in the world this guy, who had just moved from Mexico a year ago, and who clearly didn’t speak English, by some means had managed to enter the GATE English, Science, and History classes, and even Algebra 1. Obviously she was not yet aware of my STAR test scores from sixth grade, nor knew I had spent the last year reading every page in my math and English books while the teacher

over the years. The current programs available to culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students are numerous and are found throughout the U.S. The fact that educating CLD students has historically been a hot button issue so much that it is part of the political arena. Bilingual education has become a controversial issue tied up with immigration policies, government funding, and political parties. Therefore, there have been great changes made overtime to how the program is administered, and what

certain practices to support their population of bilingual students. While 42% of the student population at Leopold is English Language Learners, the school has many successes and areas of improvement that would benefit this group of students. Through the uses of students’ funds of knowledge, bilingual competencies, and a push for standards

English language learners (ELL) consisted of 22.3 percent of the total enrollment in California public schools (Facts about English Learners in California - CalEdFacts, 2015). Tends to be ignored or receives not quite the equality in education as their Native English speakers (NES) counter parts. Over the past few years there has been a surge in dual language immersion (DLI) programs (also known two-way immersion), which have resulted in much success (Lindholm-Leary, 2012, p. 256). It has been found