Language immersion

January). Storybook Reading for Young Dual Language Learners. Young Children, 66(1), 91-95. Retrieved September 25, 2016, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/yc/file/201101/GillandersOnline0111.pdf Summary Researchers recommend storybook learning for pre-kindergarten children based on the presumption that during a reading session, these children, as they interact during read aloud sessions, are able to grasp different vocabulary and syntax of a new language. The main benefit of this method is…

Stroop effect in reference to language. The experimenters designed an experiment that studied the Stroop effect in reference to the English language and the French language and examined if mixing the two languages generated a different result in the Stroop effect. The experimenters created three separate experiments. One of the experiments focused on the Stroop test with the English language, the second experiment focused on the Stroop test with the French language, and the third experiment…

programs; Bilingual Education and English Immersion. Bilingual Education is where students are taught both in their native language and English. English immersion is a monolingual communicative approach, where only English is used in a classroom. The fight for Bilingual programs began during the civil rights movement when Latin…

The introduction of English immersions programs are claimed to raise performance and result in higher test scores. For example, Ken Noonan, a superintendent of schools in Oceanside, California, and founder of the California Association of Bilingual Educators (CABE), which for years actively campaigned for bilingual education, he states “After one year of implementing English immersion, the district achieved amazing results in English-administered state tests. Specifically, Spanish-speaking…

Key Issues in Literacy: English Language Learners’ Deficits in Literacy The literacy instruction of English Language Learners (ELLs) has become an increasingly become a debated item in educational practice and policy, in state and local school districts across the country. According to the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Educational Sciences National Center for Education Statistics, in the 2012-2013 school year, there were 4.5 million ELLs in the nation's' public schools, making up…

education system in the United States. In Arizona there are current laws that govern English Language Learners (ELLs), specifically Proposition 203, which Arizona voters approved and went into effect in 2001. Proposition 203 changed the law by removing bilingual education and putting the Structured English Immersion models into place instead, (Jost, K. (2009, December 16). Bilingual education vs. English immersion. The CQ Researcher Blog.). According to Proposition 203, the proposed changes were…

Disruption of English Learner & Context I decided to report my linguistic case study on a coworker who is learning English. Since I teach at an immersion school with a bilingual elementary program, many of my coworkers are learning English as a second language. I work closely with the second and third grade Spanish teacher and it is my second year working with her. Janet is a female, adult, Columbian native Spanish speaker. She has lived in Georgia near the metro Atlanta area for almost two…

Furthermore, schools should encourage parents to volunteer and help children practice their language in real-world scenarios outside of the classroom. In order to combat the segregation, language barriers, and adult responsibilities that immigrant children often face, schools should hire translators, educate students about foreign languages and cultures, implement dual-immersion programs, and provide ways to practice language skills outside of the classroom. There are numerous barriers in the…

According to Mia Nacamuli, a TED-Ed Educator, three types of bilinguals can exist: Compound, learning two languages simultaneously; Coordinate, learning one language while continuing to speak a native one; and Subordinate, learning a language through the filtration of native speech (Nacamuli). Through scientific studies and observations, Nacamuli discovered that learning another language had numerous effects on the brain (Nacamuli). Contrary to previous belief that bilingualism stunted a student…

negative changes brought over by Europeans and losses of her culture and language. Specifically, she discusses her father’s method of discipline, the indigenous people who…