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"Immersion education serves as a highly successful pathway to multilingualism. This volume focuses on the evolution of perspectives and practices within language immersion education and showcases an international roster of scholars who offer theoretical perspectives, research reviews and empirical studies on teaching, learning and language development in immersion programs. This collection of studies and discussions represents three branches of immersion education, foreign language (""one-way""), bilingual (""two-way"") and indigenous immersion programs. Each branch has its unique situational dynamics to address, and such dynamics must be carefully considered particularly in the interpretation of research findings. Nevertheless, the volume's co-editors argue that much can be learned from research and practices carried out in closely related immersion settings that experience similar challenges related to the delicate balance between language and content. This volume presents an opportunity for thoughtful cross-context dialogue and knowledge exchange."

Full Product Details

Author:   Tara Williams Fortune ,  Diane J. Tedick
Publisher:   Channel View Publications Ltd
Imprint:   Multilingual Matters
Volume:   v. 66
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9781847690364

ISBN 10:   184769036
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   11 January 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword - Donna Christian Acknowledgements Introduction to the Volume - Tara Williams Fortune and Diane J. Tedick 1. One-Way, Two-Way and Indigenous Immersion: A Call for Cross-Fertilization - Tara Williams Fortune and Diane J. Tedick 2. Dual Language in the Global Village - Fred Genesee Section I: Evolving Perspectives on Immersion Pedagogy 3. Paying Attention to Language: Literacy, Language, and Academic Achievement - Myriam Met 4. Integrated Language and Content Teaching: Insights from the Language Immersion Classroom - Tara Williams Fortune, Diane J. Tedick and Constance L. Walker 5. Diversity Up Close: Building Alternative Discourses in the Two-way Immersion Classroom - Deborah K. Palmer Section II: Evolving Perspectives on Language Development in Immersion Classrooms 6. Lexical Learning Through a Multitask Activity: The Role of Repetition - Merrill Swain and Sharon Lapkin 7. Instructional Counterbalance in Immersion Pedagogy - Roy Lyster and Hirohide Mori 8. Teacher Strategies for Second Language Production in Immersion Kindergarten in Finland - Margareta Sodergard Section III: Evolving Perspectives on Social Context and its Impact on Immersion Programs 9. Language Development and Academic Achievement in Two-Way Immersion Programs - Kathryn Lindholm-Leary and Elizabeth R. Howard 10. Developing a Critical Awareness of Language Diversity in Immersion - Diane Dagenais 11. Restoring Aboriginal Languages: Immersion and Intensive Language Program Models in Canada - Merle Richards and Barbara Burnaby 12. Late Immersion in Hong Kong: Still Stressed or Making Progress? - Philip Hoare and Stella Kong Synthesis Chapter for the Volume 13. Concluding Thoughts: Does the Immersion Pathway Lead to Multilingualism? - G. Richard Tucker and Deborah Dubiner

Reviews

Through its dynamic composition and well-chosen thematic aspects the volume brilliantly points out the necessity for constant reflection about immersion education in a complex world of the future.Siv Bjorklund, professor, Centre for Immersion and Multilingualism, University of Vaasa.This volume is a very welcome addition to the literature on immersion and dual language education. It has not always been possible to access original, recent, work on immersion, indigenous and dual language programs in the one volume, and this book provides just that. The book has also been extremely well edited, and forms a coherent, cross referenced whole, rather than a series of unlinked chapters.Michele de Courcy, University of Melbourne, Australia

Author Information

Author Website:   http://www.carla.umn.edu

Tara Williams Fortune is an Immersion Teaching Specialist and Coordinator of the Immersion Projects at the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition at the University of Minnesota. She is founding editor of The American Council on Immersion Education (ACIE) Newsletter, a publication written for and by immersion practitioners that is currently in its 14th year of dissemination. Her professional and research interests focus on struggling immersion learners, K-8 oral proficiency development of immersion students, and language and literacy development in early total Chinese immersion programs. Diane Tedick is Associate Professor of Second Languages and Cultures Education at the University of Minnesota. For over 20 years she has worked in the preparation of preservice teachers and ongoing professional development of inservice teachers representing a variety of language teaching contexts: immersion and bilingual programs, world languages, and ESL. Her professional and research interests focus on the pedagogy required for successful integration of language and content instruction, student oral language proficiency development in immersion programs, and language teacher development.

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Author Website:   http://www.carla.umn.edu

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