ELL students, the school district Z needs a dual-language immersion method rather than a bilingual education. The top three policies I would propose to the local school board for dual-language immersion would be: academic/ cognitive enrichment, enhanced intercultural relations, and competence in two languages. The program provides the same academic content and addresses the equivalent standards as other educational programs. The dual-language immersion program will hopefully close the academic achievement
speakers. Not only were people speaking different languages, they had their own unique customs and practices that went along with their culture. Parents of school-age children convinced educators to test out an experimental language immersion program. This program would facilitate learning of both the English and French language, as well as the separate traditions and cultures of each. Programs like this are still around today, teaching many different language combinations. Elementary age children are put
Dual language education benefits both English dominant students and English language learners with a goal of helping students to become bilingual, bicultural and biliterate. This paper will explore the Implications of Dual Language Immersion programs in US schools. While dual-language education has existed in the United States for roughly two centuries, and it reached its height of popularity in the 1970s, the use of dual-language education in public schools has declined significantly in recent
the information presented by Rhodes, Ochoa, Ortiz’s “Assessing Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students a practical guide” I would develop a Two Way Dual language immersion K-12 program involving a Late Exit Transitional Bilingual Education element. I visualize a Dual Language Immersion as program that provides education in two languages for English speakers and non-native speakers of English. In a Two-Way ninety-ten system or program in which monolingual English-speaking students acquire the
As a second language learner myself, I am perhaps guilty of mispronunciation, guilty of having an accent, and most of all guilty of making numerous grammatical errors. Learning a completely new language is not easy. It takes time, knowledge, and a lot of effort and motivation in respect to the learner. There is a clear distinction between structured language learning in a classroom and language learning through immersion. Classroom learning is solely based on knowing and memorizing vocabulary words
How does language immersions develop the brain? Do you think if you were exposed to a second language earlier as in the toddler stage rather than as a teenager it would affect you differently? “Researchers found that young adults proficient in two languages performed better on attention tests and had better concentration than those who spoke only one language, irrespective of whether they had learned that second language during infancy, childhood or their teen years,” writes Christopher Wanjek
Did you ever experience having a family member be your teacher? Well, I have. My aunt, Kapolei Kiili was my teacher in Kindergarten and is now my teacher again in high school in the Hawaiian Language Immersion Program that I’ve been in since preschool. My parents chose this program for me because they wanted me to learn something that they couldn’t learn in their own childhood. My dad and my aunt grew up together from when they were babies. Having my aunt become my teacher has been a great experience
This quarter I am continuing my observations with Heather Cyrus from Barbour Dual-Language Immersion Academy. She is a unique second grade teacher for Spanish and English speaking students. In my prior fieldwork assignments, I have not met another teacher who has been so ahead of her peers in evolving the classroom for successful, 21st century education. Barbour runs a dual immersion program for Latino children from kindergarten through eighth grade. Starting in the lower grades more Spanish instruction
their request. Instead, non-English speakers would be placed in an English immersion program. In this program, students would be given a year to learn English and later move to a normal classroom (“Amendment 31”). On November 5, 2002, the initiative was rejected by 55 percent (Benz 1). Considering the rejection of the initiative, Colorado began adapting programs to assist English language learners (ELLs). Nonetheless, dual-language education remains highly controversial. While bilingual education has
America make English its official language? Some say there is no need for it, and yet 22 states as of 1996 declared English their official language. Looking into some of these issues may bring some insight as to what the problem may be. With the debate over bilingual education, Kenneth Jost covers some of the history in teaching in his