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Direct linkMa, Anne; Wong, Ruth M. H.; Lam, Wendy Y. K. – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2015
This paper addresses a niche in studies on immersion programmes for English as second language learners. While studies on the impact of the experience of studying abroad are replete with reports about the enhancement of participants' language proficiency or intercultural skills, the present study investigates the types of language and culture…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Student Teachers, Language Teachers, Study Abroad
Peer reviewedGoldstein, Laurence; Liu, Ngar-Fun – TESOL Quarterly, 1994
Describes an English immersion "Bridge Program" for Hong Kong children that aims to provide a bridge between primary schooling in Chinese and secondary schooling in English. Also discussed are the role of communicative language teaching in content subject teaching, theoretical assumptions of Canadian immersion programs and the Bridge…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Chinese, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedSwain, Merrill; Johnson, Robert Keith – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1996
Analyzes how Canadian immersion education has developed from its origins to the present in terms of a cycle guided by the interplay between theory and classroom practice of second- language acquisition. Johnson responds by questioning the extent to which bilingual education theory and practices are universal or context specific. (38 references)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Correction
