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Promoting Bilingualism at the Primary and Secondary Level: The Role of Intelligence, Motivation and Anxiety
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Möller, Verena – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
Following recommendations by the European Commission, bilingualism has been promoted in various ways in the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg. Language classes and the concept of immersion were gradually introduced in primary schools, while, at the secondary level, Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) programmes were…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Grade 11, Content and Language Integrated Learning, Psychometrics
Learning Upper Sorbian. The Problems with Minority Language Education for Non-Native Pupils in The Upper Sorbian Grammar School in Bautzen/Budyšin
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Dolowy-Rybinska, Nicole – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
This study examines the attitudes of German-speaking pupils towards Sorbian-language education and the problems these pupils indicate as an obstacle to becoming bilingual through educational settings. Based on the research carried out in the Upper Sorbian Grammar School in Bautzen/Budyšin (Germany) combining a statistical survey, in-depth…
Descriptors: Slavic Languages, Student Attitudes, Second Language Instruction, Barriers
Designing Bilingual Scenarios to Promote English Language Learning at a Public School in Monteria
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Romero, Yanilis; Manjarres, Milton Pájaro – English Language Teaching, 2016
This research study examines the assumptions of creating bilingual scenarios to promote English language learning for 384 students of ninth, tenth and eleventh grade of a public school in Monteria Colombia. An action research methodology was carried out in this study. The findings of this research suggested that the creation of bilingual scenarios…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Curriculum Design, Vignettes, Grade 9
"Pente" or Slope? Using Student Voices to Explore Program Choice and Experiences in Secondary French Immersion Mathematics
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Culligan, Karla – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2010
This phenomenological study explores students' decision-making about whether to remain in an optional French immersion (FI) mathematics course in Grade 11, as well as students' subsequent experiences in their mathematics course of choice. Interview data were collected from 10 students who remained in FI mathematics and from six students who did…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, French, Decision Making, Immersion Programs
Understanding and Improving the Use of Writing Portfolios in One French Immersion Classroom
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Armstrong, Christine L. – Ontario Action Researcher, 2011
This study investigates the use of writing portfolios in improving the accuracy of French immersion students' written French. It emerged from regularly observed notable and repeated errors in many of the author's students' writing (entitled fossilized errors due their resistance to correction). This study reaffirms that students of French…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), French, Immersion Programs, Second Language Instruction
Connecting Worlds/Mundos Unidos Project: End-of-Year Report, 2007-2008
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Ciriza, Frank – Online Submission, 2008
This report presents information on the Connecting Worlds/Mundos Unidos Project and provides a general comparison overview of accomplishments during its five years of operation. The Connecting Worlds/Mundos Unidos Project has been operating in the El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) for eleven years, but in the present format as a Jacob K.…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Immersion Programs, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests