Pathways to Multilingualism Evolving Perspectives on Immersion Education

by Fortune, Tara Williams; Tedick, Diane J.

• ISBN13: 9781847690357
• ISBN10: 1847690351
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-11
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Summary

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.

Author Biography

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.

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 Södergård
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