Immersion Education
Immersion Education
Editors:
Merrill Swain, Keith Johnson, Patricia A. Duff, Michele de Courcy, Sandra Burger, Marjorie Wesche, Mariette Migneron, Siv Bjorklund, Helen B. Slaughter, Josep Maria Artigal, Jesus Arzamendi, Fred Genesee, Audrey Lim Swee Eng, Linda Gan, Pamela Sharpe, Charles Nuttall, David Langhan, Myriam Met, Eileen Lorenz, Nancy C. Rhodes, Donna Christian, Susan Barfield, Maria Kowal
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Published:
July 1997
Availability:
Available
Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
9780521586559
$74.50
USDPaperback
$37.25
USD
eBook
Product description
The wide range of languages and purposes now served by immersion worldwide is illustrated by case studies of thirteen programs.
Immersion, a relatively new approach to bilingual education, originated in Canada. It uses the target language as a medium of instruction in order to achieve "additive bilingualism" -- a high level of second language proficiency. The wide range of languages and purposes now served by immersion worldwide is illustrated by case studies of thirteen programs presented and discussed in this paperback edition. The introductory chapter defines immersion education theory and practice and shows how this approach differs from other forms of bilingual education.
- Theoretical framework
- Wide range of case studies
- Illustrates many different purposes for which immersion education is being used
