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| Title | New Digest: Foreign Language Immersion Programs: Features and Trends Over 35 Years |
| Body | From http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/index.html Foreign Language Immersion Programs: Features and Trends Over 35 Years By Ashley Lenker and Nancy Rhodes, Center for Applied Linguistics 2007 Foreign language immersion programs, first introduced in the United States in 1971 as a way to incorporate intensive second language education into public elementary schools, have gradually spread across the country and are now viewed by educators and parents as a highly effective way of teaching foreign languages to children (Curtain & Dahlberg, 2004). Foreign language immersion is an approach to teaching another language that involves immersing students in the target language throughout the school day. Teachers speak only the target language to teach academic subjects, using a wide range of instructional strategies. The ultimate goal of this type of program is for students to become proficient in the target language in addition to English, and to develop increased cultural awareness while reaching a high level of academic achievement (Fortune & Tedick, 2003). To read the entire article, which includes data on immersion programs in each state, different program models, trends in immersion education, and recommendations for growth of immersion programs, go to http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/flimmersion.html . |
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