Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ369366
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1986
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The Baby and the Bathwater or What Immersion Has to Say about Bilingual Education: Teaching and Learning in Bilingual Education--Significant Immersion Instructional Features.
Genesee, Fred
NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, v10 n3 p227-54 Spr 1986
Identifies differences between bilingual programs for minority language children and second-language immersion programs for majority language children. Examines points of mutual relevance between approaches. Discusses exemplary characteristics of effective second-language learning environments: integration of language and academic instruction, negotiated interactional language use, intrinsically motivating curriculum of instruction. (NEC)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Educational Environment, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Immersion Programs, Language Proficiency, Minority Group Children, Non English Speaking, Program Design, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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