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An American Foreign Language Immersion Program: How To. CAL-ERIC/CLL Series on Languages and Linguistics, No. 59.
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Jacobs, Gabriel H. L. – Foreign Language Annals, 1978
An immersion program in a public elementary school in Montgomery County, Maryland, uses French as the medium of instruction in academic subjects. The program is based on the theory that language is learned best when there is a need to understand and communicate in that language. All students are eligible for enrollment in the multi-age classes.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Elementary Education