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The Bridge: From Research
to Practice
Educational research is vital to validating effective practices,
challenging ineffective ones, and encouraging innovations. Yet research
is only valuable if teachers read and implement findings in their
classrooms.
The Bridge feature is included as an insert to encourage teachers
to collect them for future reference. We hope this pull-out insert
will help immersion teachers stay abreast of the latest research
and allow it, when applicable, to affect their own practice. |
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Best Practices Sharing
ideas that work is the emphasis of this regular feature. Program
administrators can learn about school-wide initiatives that promote
immersion principles. Classroom teachers can read about tried and
true, practical instructional techniques that they might adopt for
their classrooms. |
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Immersion ABCs
If we peel back the layers that currently envelop immersion schools,
what might we find at the core? In this column we will share with
readers basic principles behind successful immersion programs, and
show how challenges have been met at the classroom, school, and district
level. |
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Points for Parents
Parents often are looking for a place to access ideas about how
to support their children’s education. Immersion parents who
may or may not be fluent in the language their child is learning
at school have many questions and concerns.
In this regular feature, we offer concrete suggestions for extracurricular
support of language learning. In addition, we address specific parent
concerns and invite parents to share their experience and expertise. |
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School Profiles
There has been dramatic growth in the number of immersion
programs during the last decade. More and more communities
have chosen to support this educational option, whose
benefits to students are well documented. In this feature
we spotlight immersion schools and explore factors that
make each one unique. Specific guidelines for submission
of school profiles is available as a PDF. |
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Research Reports
In an effort to push the edge of what we currently know about learning,
researchers continue to design and publish new studies on issues
important to immersion education. Keeping up to date with current
research is a time-consuming task.
This regular feature will help inform the immersion education public
about recent research by providing our readers with brief summaries
of selected studies. |
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Guest Editorials
This features provides anyone interested in immersion education
with an opportunity to voice your thoughts and concerns. |
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Techno Tips
Technology and second language education are a natural match, as
both enable us to explore our world more directly. In this column,
Techno Tips and Trips, we highlight successful applications of technology
in and around the immersion classroom. |
