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    Language Immersion

    What is Language Immersion?


    • It’s a technique used in bilingual
    language education in which two
    languages are used for instruction in a
    variety of topics, including math, science,
    or social studies.
    Outcomes
    • Studies have shown that students who
    study a foreign language in school,
    especially those who start in elementary
    school, tend to receive higher
    standardized test scores than students
    who have not studied a foreign language
    in school.
    • Students who study foreign languages
    also tend to have increased mental
    capabilities such as creativity and higher
    order thinking skills and have advantages
    in the workplace as employers are
    increasingly seeking workers with
    knowledge of different languages and
    cultures.
    • Bilingual immersion programs are
    intended to foster proficiency or fluency
    in multiple languages and therefore
    maximize these benefits.

    Is defined as an individual who


    uses two languages on a regular
    basis.
    • Researchers have shown that the
    bilingual brain can have better attention
    and task-switching capacities than the
    monolingual brain.
    • In addition, bilingualism has positive
    effects at both ends of the age spectrum:
    Bilingual children as young as seven
    months can better adjust to
    environmental changes, while bilingual
    seniors can experience less cognitive
    decline.
    • Language immersion programs with the
    goal of fostering bilingualism is one of
    the first, initially report that students
    receive standardized test scores that are
    slightly below average.
    • Programs with the goal of preserving
    heritage languages have also reported
    initial outcomes of below average test
    scores on standardized tests.
    • Partial immersion programs do not have
    an initial lag in achievement, but it must
    be noted that partial immersion
    programs are not as effective as
    complete immersion programs and
    students generally do not achieve native-
    like proficiency in their L2.
    Is a means of acquiring a world
    language through content matter
    instruction.
    • In the program, students develop
    communicative and academic proficiency
    in the target language while succeeding
    academically in all subject areas at levels
    comparable to those they would have
    reached if they had been schooled only in
    English.
    Issues
    • The design of exposure time for each
    language
    • The challenge of curriculum, instruction,
    and instructors
    • Bilingual proficiency
    The design of exposure time for each language

    • It is about the allocation of time given to


    each language.
    • . Different types of language immersion
    schools allocated different time to each
    language.
    • There is still no evidence can prove that
    which way is the best.
    The challenge of curriculum, instruction,
    and instructors

    • In the United States, state and local


    government only provide curriculum for
    teaching students in only one language.
    It do not provide assistance on how to
    promote biliteracy, because the research
    on bilingual teaching is insufficient.
    Bilingual proficiency
    • There are challenges to developing high
    proficiency in two languages or balance
    in bilingual skills, especially for early
    immersion students. High levels of
    bilingual proficiency are hard to achieve.
    The one which were exposure more time
    will be better than the other one.
    Reference
    • http://www.dictionary.com/browse/foreign--language (Foreign Language)
    • http://www.dictionary.com/browse/bilingual (Bilingual)
    • https://lcsl.uic.edu/lcsl/for-majors-and-minors/why-study-foreign-language
    s
    (Why Study Foreign Languages?)
    • https://www.eduhk.hk/apfslt/v6_issue2/kocakulah/kocakulah2.htm (The
    effect of teaching in native and foreign language on students' conceptual
    understanding in science courses)
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_advantages_of_bilingualism
    (Cognitive advantages of bilingualism)
    • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3583091/ (The Cognitive
    Benefits of Being Bilingual)
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_immersion (Language Immersion)
    • http://www.lexington1.net/academics/partial-immersion (Partial

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