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Resources for Language Immersion Education
Listservs on Immersion
Education
Language Immersion in the Americas
(LIM-A)
The LIM-A listserv is for all those interested in or involved with
language immersion education in the Americas. LIM-A is administered
by the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition. To
subscribe, send an email message to LISTSERV@lists.umn.edu.
The message without subject line or signature should read: subscribe
LIM-A your first and last names
Language Immersion in Europe (LIME).
The LIME listserv is a free electronic discussion forum for scholars,
teachers, administrators and others interested in the teaching,
study and administration of language immersion in general and in
Europe in particular. LIME is based at the University of Vaasa,
Finland. To subscribe, send an email to Majordomo@Garbo.uwasa.fi
with subscribe LIME <your address> in the body of the message.
Dual Language Education of New Mexico
This listserv is designed specifically to support dual language
programs. It is administered by Dual Language Education of
New Mexico, a non-profit organization. To subscribe follow the instructions
on the listserve website
There is also an archive
of past listserv discussions about dual language program issues.
Professional Organizations
and Journals
American
Council on Immersion Education (ACIE)
ACIE is an organizational network for individuals interested in
immersion education (teachers, administrators, teacher educators,
researchers, parents) and is sponsored by the Center for Advanced
Research on Language Acquisition at the University of Minnesota.
The ACIE newsletter is published three times during the academic
year and contains articles with an emphasis on ideas and best practices,
as well as school profiles, research reports and a calendar of upcoming
events of interest to individuals involved in immersion education.
Selected
articles are archived on the ACIE website and provide a treasure
trove of information about immersion education
American Council on the
Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages is the
only national organization dedicated to the improvement and expansion
of the teaching and learning of all languages at all levels of instruction.
ACTFL is an individual membership organization of more than 7,000
foreign language educators and administrators from elementary through
graduate education, as well as government and industry. ACTFL organizes
an annual conference and publishes the journal Foreign Language
Annals.
Association Canadienne
Des Professeurs D'Immersion/Canadian Association of Immersion Teachers
(ACPI/ CAIT)
ACPI/ CAIT is a professional non-profit association
aims to promote and improve Immersion programs in Canada and provides
professional development opportunities for immersion teachers. ACPI/CAIT
offers a newsletter and annually sponsors both a summer institute
and a conference.
Canadian
Modern Language Review
CMLR publishes peer-reviewed articles on all aspects of language
learning and teaching - linguistics, language skills, curriculum,
program design, psychology, methodology - making this a great tool
for teachers, researchers, professors and policy makers who deal
with the realities of second language learning. Article topics range
from ESL, to French immersion, to international languages, to native
languages.
Center for Advanced Research on
Language Acquisition (CARLA)
The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA)
is one of the U.S. Department of Education's Title VI National Language
Resource Centers, whose role is to improve the nation's capacity
to teach and learn foreign languages effectively. CARLA sponsors
the American Council on Immersion Education and offers annual summer
institutes specifically targeted at the needs of immersion educators
Center for Applied Linguistics
(CAL)
CAL is a private, non-profit organization that carries out a wide
range of activities including research, teacher education, analysis
and dissemination of information, design and development of instructional
materials, technical assistance, conference planning, program evaluation,
and policy analysis. They sponsor up-to-date directories of U.S.
total and partial immersion programs & two-way immersion programs.
In addition, CAL maintains an extensive array of research-based
information on two-way immersion programs in the U.S.
Dual
Language Education of New Mexico
Dual Language Education of New Mexico is a state-based organization
created to promote the effective design and implementation of dual
language models as defined in New Mexico Best Practices for Dual
Language Program's Handbook. This organization is known for its
annual fall conference La Cosecha and its participation in developing
standards and best practices for two-way immersion. More recent
initiatives include professional development and continuing education
for immersion professionals and the community members they serve.
EuroClic
EuroCLIC is a European network of advocates of plurilingual education.
EuroCLIC focuses on programmes which entail the use of a modern
foreign language as the language of instruction or content and language
integrated learning for non-language subjects. EuroClic publishes
a journal and provides links to past articles on their website,
along with other resources for advancing plurilingual education.
Ñandutí
Ñandutí is a resource for foreign language learning
in grades K-8 housed by the Center for Applied Linguistics. Ñandutí
sponsors a listserv for school district personnel, superintendents,
teachers, college and university teacher educators, and parents.
Their website includes resources regarding program models, professional
development, advocacy, and archives of listserv discussions on hot
topics.
National Association for
Bilingual Education (NABE)
NABE is the only national organization exclusively concerned with
the education of language-minority students in American schools
and actively works to promote educational excellence and equity
through bilingual education. NABE sponsors an annual conference
and the organization publishes a journal and an online newsletter.
The NABE website includes answers to frequently asked questions
about bilingual education.
National Network for Early
Language Learning (NNELL)
NNELL is an organization for educators involved in teaching foreign
languages to children and provides leadership, support, and service
to those committed to early language learning and coordinates efforts
to make language learning in programs of excellence a reality for
all children. The NNELL journal Learning Languages is published
three times a year (fall, winter, and spring).
Curricular Materials
Bringing
the Biodiversity of Ecuador to Spanish Immersion Classrooms
By Diane J. Tedick and Constance Walker with Spanish Immersion
Teachers
This Spanish-language science curriculum was developed by immersion
language teachers for use in instructional settings at levels K-8.
With funding from the U.S. Department of Education's Group Projects
Abroad, a group of Spanish immersion teachers, under the direction
of Professors Diane Tedick and Constance Walker at the University
of Minnesota, traveled to Ecuador in July 1999 to study issues of
biodiversity and environmental protection in Spanish. Based on their
in-country research, the immersion teachers worked together with
the project leaders to create a high quality content-based science
curriculum for use in Spanish immersion programs around the country.
American
Council on Immersion Education - ACIE Newsletter Archives
This site provides archived articles from past ACIE Newsletters
in the following themes: The Bridge: From Research to Practice,
Best Practices, Immersion ABCs, Points for Parents, School Profiles,
Research Reports, and Guest Editorials. "Bridge" articles
include The Importance of Sequencing and Planning When Integrating
Language and Content (w/Lesson Plan), Integrated Curriculum: Designing
Curriculum in the Immersion Classroom, and the Immersion Teaching
Strategies Observation Checklist.
Elementary Immersion
Learning Strategies Resource Guide
This free, interactive website is an online version of Elementary
Immersion Learning Strategies Resource Guide published by the National
Capital Language Resource Center. Users can follow the guide sequentially,
skip to topics of interest, or jump directly to printable resources
like lesson plans, charts, and worksheets. Topics covered include:
definitions, descriptions, and examples of language learning strategies,
teaching students to think about learning, teaching learning strategies
using the Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach, and selecting
strategies to introduce to students in language and content areas
at each grade level. The site also provides sample lessons for a
variety of grade levels, languages, and subject areas, and a review
of the literature on language learning strategies instruction. The
appendices contain further resources for teachers: an annotated
list of stories to help teach learning strategies, a model for developing
a learning strategies lesson, and learning strategies lists and
definitions in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, and Russian.
Canadian Parents
for French (CPF)
CPF houses many wonderful curricular resources for teachers of French
and for parents of French immersion students. Two very extensive
and regularly maintained sites are recommended: CPF
French Internet Addresses and Popular Software Lists and CPF
French Education Resources Quick Links.
CoBaLTT Curriculum
Development Resources
CoBaLTT provides intensive professional development and online resources
that help language teachers create content-based lessons/units using
technology to enhance students' language proficiency and content
or cultural knowledge. In addition to the online instructional modules,
the CoBaLTT project has compiled helpful resources to support the
instructional modules, including the lesson
plans and units developed by project participants , graphic
organizer templates , technology
tutorials and ideas , discussion boards for module topics, rubrics
and checklists, and others.
Immersion Teacher Development
Language
Immersion Certificate Program at the University of Minnesota
The certificate program in language immersion education prepares
teachers or other professionals to work effectively in immersion
settings. In immersion programs, the immersion language (the second
language the students are acquiring) is used as a vehicle to teach
school subjects. The program is designed for K-12 language immersion
teachers or others interested in language immersion education. This
unique certificate program is the first in the United States to
incorporate a coherent set of courses designed specifically for
immersion teachers. Offered by the College of Education and Human
Development's Department of Curriculum and Instruction (C&I), the
program was designed jointly by the college's second languages and
cultures (SLC) education faculty and representatives of language
immersion programs in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Educators
can complete the certificate with two to four years of part-time
study. Most courses will be offered on the Twin Cities campus, but
selected courses will be held at off-campus sites connected to immersion
schools when possible. The certificate may be completed independently
or in conjunction with a master of education (M.Ed.), master of
arts (M.A.), or doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) program.
Montgomery County Immersion Video Training
Immersion video training programs have been developed and produced
by Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, Maryland, USA, with
funding through a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
Each program is available in 1/2" VHS (NTSC) format and is
accompanied by a Teacher's Activity Manual. Programs and the supporting
print materials may be used to provide inservice opportunities for
one teacher or a group of teachers.
Available titles in this professional development series include:
- What it Means to be an Immersion Teacher
- Foreign Language Immersion An Introduction
- Second Language Acquisition in Children
- Negotiation of Meaning
- Planning for Instruction in the Immersion Classroom
- Reading and Language Arts in the Immersion Classroom: Grades
K-2
- Reading and Language Arts in the Immersion Classroom: Grades
3-6
- Teaching Math and Science in the Immersion Classroom
- Teaching Social Studies in the Immersion Classroom
- Teaching Culture in the Immersion Classroom
- Assessment in the Immersion Classroom
Requests should be addressed to:
Foreign Language Coordinator
Department of Academic Skills
Montgomery County Public Schools
850 Hungerford Drive
Rockville, Maryland 20850-1747
Phone: 301-279-3911
Orders for these programs should be accompanied by a check for
each video in the amount of US $25 (US $30 for international orders)
per program.
The Two-Way
Immersion Toolkit
The Two-Way Immersion Toolkit, developed by the Center for Applied
Linguistics (CAL) and The Education Alliance, is a resource for
teachers, parents, and administrators involved with two-way immersion
(TWI) programs, particularly those at the elementary school level.
The Toolkit is designed to meet the growing demand from teachers,
administrators, and parents for guidance related to the effective
implementation of TWI programs. It is composed of three segments
that address program design and planning, classroom instruction,
and parental involvement, respectively.
Dual Language Teacher Training
Curriculum
This eight-module curriculum is designed to assist elementary and
secondary teachers and administrators in developing, implementing,
and assessing dual language programs (two-way immersion programs,
developmental bilingual, and foreign language immersion).
Parent Support
Bilingual
Families Website
This web site provides support and resources for families where
one or both parents are speaking a foreign language (not their native
language) to their children in an effort to raise them bilingually.
The site features answers to frequently asked questions about raising
children bilingually, a list of references and a listserv.
Multilingual
Children’s Association Website
The Multilingual Children's Association focuses on the day-to-day
joys and challenges of raising bilingual and multilingual children.
This user-friendly website includes up-to-date information and useful
resources for families seeking to raise multilingual children.
Canadian Parents for French(CPF)
CPF is a national network of volunteers that values French as an
integral part of Canada and is dedicated to the promotion and creation
of French second language learning opportunities for young Canadians.
CPF sponsors a newsletter and an annual conference, and offers a
website with many resources for educators and parents of children
in French immersion programs.
“Learning the Language”
This 18-minute video documentary explores the immersion experience.
A group of parents at St. Louis Park’s Spanish immersion school
committed their time and money towards documenting how language
is acquired through the immersion using interviews with students,
their parents, staff and experts to demonstrate its success and
tell the story. It uses school and district data and research to
communicate the educational benefits. It also covers the most commonly
asked questions and concerns about immersion education. It can be
used as a fundamental presentation tool on immersion, in both formal
and informal settings.
Cost: $20 – VHS; $25 – DVD.
Requests to order the video training program should be
addressed to:
Park Spanish Immersion PTO
PSI-PTO
Attn: VHS/DVD
6300 Walker St.
Saint Louis Park, MN 55416
Phone: 952-928-6759
“World Language Immersion: K-12 Spanish Immersion
in the Saint Paul Public Schools”
With partial funding from the U.S. Department of Education’s
Foreign Language Assistance Program Grant, this 20-minute video
describes the development of Minnesota’s first immersion program
began in 1986 under the leadership of founder, Howard Hathaway,
former World Language Supervisor for St. Paul Public Schools. Three
schools currently house the K-12 Spanish Immersion Program and over
900 linguistically and culturally diverse students. These include:
Adams Spanish Immersion Magnet School, Highland Park Jr. High, and
Highland Park Sr. High. For more information about Saint Paul Public
Schools K-12 Spanish Immersion Program or to learn how to get a
copy of this video in DVD, contact grant coordinator, Maria Alicia
Arabbo at maria.Alicia.arabbo@spps.org
The Two-Way
Immersion Toolkit
The Two-Way Immersion Toolkit, developed by the Center for Applied
Linguistics (CAL) and The Education Alliance, is a resource for
teachers, parents, and administrators involved with two-way immersion
(TWI) programs, particularly those at the elementary school level.
The Toolkit is designed to meet the growing demand from teachers,
administrators, and parents for guidance related to the effective
implementation of TWI programs. It is composed of three segments
that address program design and planning, classroom instruction,
and parental involvement, respectively.
Dual Language Teacher Training
Curriculum
This eight-module curriculum is designed to assist elementary and
secondary teachers and administrators in developing, implementing,
and assessing dual language programs (two-way immersion programs,
developmental bilingual, and foreign language immersion).
Online Resources for Immersion Practitioners
(Quick Reference)
Websites for Curriculum Development
CARLA Immersion
Project
http://www.carla.umn.edu/immersion/
CoBaLTT Curriculum
Development Resources
www.carla.umn.edu/cobaltt/
The Elementary Immersion Learning Strategies Resource Guide
(NCLRC)
www.nclrc.org/meloni/
Nebraska
K-12 Foreign Language Frameworks
www.nde.state.ne.us/forlg/Frameworks/FrameworksMain.htm
Bloom's Taxonomy's Model Questions and Key Words
www.cbv.ns.ca/sstudies/links/learn/1414.html
www.teachers.ash.org.au/researchskills/dalton.htm
Task
Oriented Question Construction Wheel Based on Bloom's Taxonomy
http://www.stedwards.edu/cte/resources/bwheel.htm
La
taxonomia de Bloom y el pensamiento crítico
http://www.eduteka.org/ediciones/profesor_14.htm
Appendix
B: Assessment Profile (PDF)-New Jersey World Languages Framework
http://www.state.nj.us/njded/frameworks/worldlanguages/appendb.pdf
University
of South Florida SEEDS II
http://www.c21te.usf.edu/seeds2/flash/index1.htm
FLES
Teacher Links: Curriculum Documents
http://www.anacleta.com/curriculumdocuments.html
Hawai’i
Guidelines for Culturally Healthy and Responsive Learning Environments
http://www.olelo.hawaii.edu/pub/charle/NHMO.pdf
ERIC Digests
Impact
of Two-Way Immersion on Students' Attitudes Toward School and College,
by Kathryn Lindholm-Leary & Graciela Borsato (2002,
ERIC Digest EDO-FL-02-01).
This digest reports on a study that examined the impact of participation
in a two-way immersion program on the language and achievement outcomes
of former program participants and on their current schooling path
and college plans.
In
Their Own Words: Two-Way Immersion Teachers Talk About Their Professional
Experiences,
by Elizabeth R. Howard & Michael I. Loeb (1998, ERIC
Digest EDO-FL-98-14)
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight elementary
TWI teachers from various programs across the country, and their
responses were used to formulate a professional development needs
assessment questionnaire that was distributed to 181 pre-K–8
classroom teachers in 12 TWI programs. Findings from the interviews
and questionnaires are presented in this digest.
“Raising
Bilingual Children: Common Parental Concerns and Current Research”
Kendall King and Lyn Fogle, Georgetown University
The purpose of this digest is to help pediatricians, speech language
pathologists, classroom teachers, and other professionals who work
with bilingual children and their parents understand common parental
concerns related to bilingual childrearing and become familiar with
the current science on bilingual child development.
Two-Way
Immersion Programs: Features and Statistics,
by Elizabeth R. Howard and Julie Sugarman (2001, ERIC Digest
EDO-FL-01-01)
This digest summarizes findings from data in the Center for Applied
Linguistics' two-way immersion (TWI) directory regarding features
of TWI programs, students, and staff.
“What
Parents Want to Know About Foreign Language Immersion Programs”
Tara W. Fortune and Diane J. Tedick, University of Minnesota
This digest answers some of the most common questions that parents
and others ask about foreign language immersion education:
What is a foreign language immersion program and how does it work?
Why should I consider enrolling my child in an immersion program?
How will learning everything in a second language affect my child's
English language and literacy development?
Will my child become proficient in the second language? How long
will that take?
Is immersion an appropriate choice for all children?
What can I do to support my child's immersion experience if I don't
speak the second language?
Select Immersion School Home Pages
http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/normandale/index.htm
http://www.rdale.k12.mn.us/rsi/
http://www.stlpark.k12.mn.us/psi/index.html
http://adams.spps.org/index.asp
http://www.frenchimmersion.spps.org/index.asp
http://www.famn.org/
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/partial.htm
http://aliciachacon.yisd.net/
Other Online Immersion Resources
http://members.shaw.ca/cpf99/CPF-French-Internet-Address-List-Index.html
(online French resources compiled by Canadian Parents for French)
http://www.cal.org/resources/faqs/rgos/2way.html
(CAL Two-way resources)
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/links.html
(Teaching Indigenous Languages)
http://www.amonco.org (American
Montessori)
Websites on Early Language Learning
http://www.acfnewsource.org/science/learning_language.html
(Why children learn languages well)
http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/development/current_research_language_development.shtml
(current research on language development)
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