Immersion Education : : Practices, Policies, Possibilities / / ed. by Diane J. Tedick, Donna Christian, Tara Williams Fortune.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Bearse, C.I.,; Björklund, S.,; Broner, M.A.,; Burger, S.,; Christian, D.,; Dorner, L.M.,; Duibhir, P. Ó,; Fortune, T.W.,; Genesee, F.,; Hall, C.,; Hirata-Edds, T.,; Hoare, P.,; Hope, A.,; Jong, E.J. de,; Kamana, K.,; Lindholm-Leary, K.,; Movassat, P.,; Mård-Miettinen, K.,; Peter, L.,; Sly, G.,; Tedick, D.J.,; Weinberg, A.,; Wilson, W.H.,; Zehrbach, G.,
• HerausgeberIn: Christian, Donna,; Fortune, Tara Williams,; Tedick, Diane J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)

This volume builds on Fortune and Tedick’s 2008 Pathways to Multilingualism: Evolving Perspectives on Immersion Education and showcases the practice and promise of immersion education through in-depth investigations of program design, implementation practices, and policies in one-way, two-way and in...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Contributors
• Foreword
• Introduction to the Volume
• Chapter 1. The Future of Immersion Education: An Invitation to ‘Dwell in Possibility’
• Part 1: Practices in Immersion Program Design
• Chapter 2. Integrating Multiple Languages in Immersion: Swedish Immersion in Finland
• Chapter 3. Insights from Indigenous Language Immersion in Hawai‘i
• Chapter 4. Two-Way Immersion Charter Schools: An Analysis of Program Characteristics and Student Body Compositions
• Part 2: Program Outcomes and Implications for Practice
• Chapter 5. Student Outcomes in Chinese Two-Way Immersion Programs: Language Proficiency, Academic Achievement and Student Attitudes
• Chapter 6. The Same Outcomes for All? High-School Students Reflect on Their Two-Way Immersion Program Experiences
• Chapter 7. French Immersion Studies at the University of Ottawa: Programme Evaluation and Pedagogical Challenges
• Part 3: Language Use and Assessment Practices in Immersion Programs
• Chapter 8. ‘I Thought That We Had Good Irish’: Irish Immersion Students’ Insights into Their Target Language Use
• Chapter 9. Talking in the Fifth-Grade Classroom: Language Use in an Early, Total Spanish Immersion Program
• Chapter 10. Using Language Assessment to Inform Instruction in Indigenous Language Immersion
• Part 4: Policy and Practice in Immersion Education
• Chapter 11. Context and Constraints: Immersion in Hong Kong and Mainland China
• Chapter 12. US Immigrants and Two-Way Immersion Policies: The Mismatch between District Designs and Family Experiences
• Chapter 13. Struggling Learners and the Language Immersion Classroom
• Concluding Synthesis Chapter for the Volume
• Chapter 14. Reflecting on Possibilities for Immersion
• Index