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Poll: dual immersion programs
Poll: Should students be placed in dual immersion programs instead of ELL or foreign language classes?
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Posted 2 months ago I was reviewing one of my earlier Education Week newspapers and read the article concerning Latino teens and biculturism. The article stated that policy makers could back dual immersion or two-way programs that would allow English speakers to learn Spanish and Spanish speakers to learn English in the same class.This seems like a dual beneficial concept for allowing greater language acquisition for both groups of students while maintaining cultural heritage. Does anybody have experience with this methodology? Every cloud has a silver lining. |
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| Posted 2 months ago No experience with that type of program but would definitely like to be involved with one. |
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| Posted 2 months ago Sorry forgot to include the citation: Zehr, M.A. (July 15, 2009) Latino teens and biculturalism. Education Week. pg.4-5. http://www.edweek.org.
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| Posted 2 months ago We do this at Santa Fe Community College. But it's a volunteer program. We match Spanish speakers who want to learn English with English speakers who want to learn Spanish. It's very popular. |
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| Posted 2 months ago One would think that this would allow for greater fluency in the second language. Does it work better than the traditional methods? Every cloud has a silver lining. |
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| Posted 2 months ago Dear teacher_411, From what I've seen, I'd say it does, in most cases. But after all, this is one-on-one teaching/learning rather than one teacher with, say, twenty students. |
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| Posted 2 months ago I am excited to hear that. If we could get our classrooms to look and feel like the communities they are in we would be on a better track towards school reform and increasing intentional learning. Do you agree? Every cloud has a silver lining. |
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| Posted 2 months ago I think that there could potentially be a lot of benefits to that. It would just depend on the ethnic make up of the community, but then where do you draw the qualifying line? What percentage of your community needs to be a minority before you adopt a dual learning scheme?
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| Posted 2 months ago Depends on what you determine is a legalistic aspect. Personally I think that we should be doing it if we have one student or family in our community, but I believe in doing the best I can for all my kids not just the majority or what works most of the time. I do what needs to be by all my kids. That is why I do what I do outside the classroom doors. I work on things that will improve my students learning inside the classroom. This is an opportunity for my kids so why would I not give the chance to learn something from others. Every cloud has a silver lining. |
