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Yan, Jiazhen; Davis, William J. – Educational Research: Theory and Practice, 2023
The purpose of this study is to examine the professional development (PD) needs of Chinese dual language immersion program (DLI) educators, particularly the PD supports these teachers receive. This instrumental case study examined the professional learning of four Chinese language DLI teachers through semi-structured interviews and observations of…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Bilingual Education Programs, Chinese, Immersion Programs
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Sung, Ko-Yin – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
This study explored the development of oral narrative retell proficiency among Mandarin Chinese-English dual language immersion (DLI) learners in Utah. The study compared the younger and the older DLI learners' oral narrative retelling production in order to provide information regarding the Mandarin narrative developmental trend of the DLI…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Mandarin Chinese, Immersion Programs, Second Language Learning
Maxwell, Lesli A. – Education Week, 2012
Growing numbers of schools are offering dual-language classes, where teachers split instruction between English and a second language. The numbers of dual-language-immersion programs have been steadily growing in public schools over the past decade or so, rising to more than 2,000 in 2011-12, according to estimates from national experts. That…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Immersion Programs, Bilingual Education, Politics of Education