Pathways to Multilingualism
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Edited by:
Tara Williams Fortune
and Diane J. Tedick
About this book
In this volume an international roster of scholars offers theoretical perspectives, research reviews and empirical studies on teaching, learning and language development in immersion education. The editors bring together research from three distinct branches, including foreign language, bilingual and indigenous immersion programs.
Author / Editor information
Tara Williams Fortune is an Immersion Teaching Specialist and Coordinator of the Immersion Projects at the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition at the University of Minnesota. She is founding editor of The American Council on Immersion Education (ACIE) Newsletter, a publication written for and by immersion practitioners that is currently in its 14th year of dissemination. Her professional and research interests focus on struggling immersion learners, K-8 oral proficiency development of immersion students, and language and literacy development in early total Chinese immersion programs.
Tedick Diane J. :Diane Tedick is Associate Professor of Second Languages and Cultures Education at the University of Minnesota. For over 20 years she has worked in the preparation of preservice teachers and ongoing professional development of inservice teachers representing a variety of language teaching contexts: immersion and bilingual programs, world languages, and ESL. Her professional and research interests focus on the pedagogy required for successful integration of language and content instruction, student oral language proficiency development in immersion programs, and language teacher development.
Tara Williams Fortune is an Immersion Teaching Specialist and Coordinator of the Immersion Projects at the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition at the University of Minnesota. She is founding editor of The American Council on Immersion Education (ACIE) Newsletter, a publication written for and by immersion practitioners that is currently in its 14th year of dissemination. Her professional and research interests focus on struggling immersion learners, K-8 oral proficiency development of immersion students, and language and literacy development in early total Chinese immersion programs.
Diane Tedick is Associate Professor of Second Languages and Cultures Education at the University of Minnesota. For over 20 years she has worked in the preparation of preservice teachers and ongoing professional development of inservice teachers representing a variety of language teaching contexts: immersion and bilingual programs, world languages, and ESL. Her professional and research interests focus on the pedagogy required for successful integration of language and content instruction, student oral language proficiency development in immersion programs, and language teacher development.
Reviews
This book is appropriate for a wide array of readers. Several chapters outline the history, core features, terminology, and issues related to the various dual language education models, and these will serve as a good introduction for newcomers to immersion education. However, the book also contains enough new research to interest readers who are already well-versed in the topic. The contributions are likewise relevant to both researchers and practitioners, as their focus ranges from classroom discourse analysis to pedagogical strategies and teaching tips. Moreover, the writing is uniformly clear and accessible. Susan Ballinger, McGill University, The Canadian Modern Language Review/La Revue canadienne des langues vivantes,
Pathways to Multilingualism invokes powerful images - of diverse language communities with distinct sociolinguistic backgrounds, varied routes that teachers and program models can take, different approaches to research - all with the common goal of expanding understanding of immersion education. Essential reading for all interested in classroom and research-based perspectives on immersion education.
ms in the one volume, and this book provides just that. The book has also been extremely well edited, and forms a coherent, cross referenced whole, rather than a series of unlinked chapters.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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The Contributors
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Foreword
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Acknowledgements
xix - Introduction to the Volume
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Chapter 1: One-Way, Two-Way and Indigenous Immersion: A Call for Cross-Fertilization
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Chapter 2: Dual Language in the Global Village
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Chapter 3: Paying Attention to Language: Literacy, Language and Academic Achievement
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Chapter 4: Integrated Language and Content Teaching: Insights from the Immersion Classroom
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Chapter 5: Diversity Up Close: Building Alternative Discourses in the Two- Way Immersion Classroom
97 - Part 2: Evolving Perspectives on Language Development in Immersion Classrooms
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Chapter 6: Lexical Learning Through a Multitask Activity: The Role of Repetition
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Chapter 7 Instructional Counterbalance in Immersion Pedagogy
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Chapter 8: Teacher Strategies for Second Language Production in Immersion Kindergarten in Finland
152 - Part 3: Evolving Perspectives on Social Context and its Impact on Immersion Programs
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Chapter 9: Language Development and Academic Achievement in Two-Way Immersion Programs
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Chapter 10: Developing a Critical Awareness of Language Diversity in Immersion
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Chapter 11: Restoring Aboriginal Languages: Immersion and Intensive Language Program Models in Canada
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Chapter 12: Late Immersion in Hong Kong: Still Stressed or Making Progress?
242 - Synthesis for the Volume
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Chapter 13: Concluding Thoughts: Does the Immersion Pathway Lead to Multilingualism?
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Index
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