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Yuerong Jing; E. Dimitris Kitis – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
While translanguaging has been adequately researched in various educational sectors, there is scant research at the primary-level English-L2 classroom in the Chinese educational context. Within a monolingual English-only immersion policy favoured by the state in China for many decades now, translanguaging has been a debated issue recently. Within…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Bilingualism
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López, Minda Morren – Bilingual Research Journal, 2013
This article reports a qualitative study of the reasons mothers chose to enroll their children in a Spanish/English two-way immersion (TWI) Program in Central Texas. Some of the mothers' reasons varied, and others overlap. All mothers expressed the belief that the program would provide their children with more opportunities, cognitive benefits,…
Descriptors: Mother Attitudes, Immersion Programs, Spanish, English (Second Language)
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Gerena, Linda – Urban Education, 2011
In an attempt to operationalize an equitable educational program, a dual immersion program was established. After 2 years of field observations, a series of focus group interviews was conducted to examine the perceptions and viewpoints of parents whose children had participated in the program for 2 years. These interviews offered parents an…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Focus Groups, Interviews, Cultural Context