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Padilla, Amado M.; Chen, Xinjie; Swanson, Elizabeth; Peterson, Margaret; Peruzzaro, Amy – Foreign Language Annals, 2022
Five cohorts of students (N = 322) who completed a K-5 Spanish Dual Language Immersion (DLI) program in an urban school district were followed longitudinally through middle and high school completion. Academic and language achievement data included English Language Arts and Mathematics scores on the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) test…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Spanish, Immersion Programs, Bilingual Education
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La Serna, Jillian – Foreign Language Annals, 2022
This paper draws from a broader research project and reports on literacy program supports and instructional strategies in two-way immersion (TWI) classrooms (Grades 3-5) where the partner language is Spanish. The study examined TWI classrooms in which students from multiple demographics were performing at or above the state average on reading…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Teaching Methods, Immersion Programs, Grade 3
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Nussenbaum, Gladys S. – Foreign Language Annals, 1980
Describes a successful reciprocal bilingual exchange program between Anglophone fourth-year high school students of Spanish and native speakers of Spanish in an elementary school. Plans and specific activities are outlined for weekly interactions which serve as a sociocultural and linguistic bridge between the two groups of Spanish speakers. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness
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Todhunter, Susan – Foreign Language Annals, 2007
This case study investigated spontaneous interpersonal communication in a high school Spanish classroom, using instructional conversation as a framework for analysis. Instructional conversations are collaborative, extended verbal exchanges in which students develop a coherent topic, supported by the teacher's contingent questions and feedback. The…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Speech Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Classroom Communication
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Badillo, Herman – Foreign Language Annals, 1972
Address given at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), in Chicago, Illinois, November 26, 1971. (DS)
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, English (Second Language)
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Merino, Barbara J.; Faltis, Chris – Foreign Language Annals, 1986
Describes a course which gives student teachers in bilingual education the opportunity to learn technical vocabulary and develop teaching skills in Spanish. The course content and procedures are outlined, the rationale for the course is noted, and techniques and sample lesson plans in science and musical literacy are described. (SED)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages)
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DiPietro, Robert J. – Foreign Language Annals, 1980
Evaluates a bilingual/bicultural education pilot program in which native speakers of Vietnamese, Korean, Spanish, and English participated. Language classes were integrated within the overall curriculum. School attendance, motivation, language proficiency, and academic grades all improved. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Bilingual Education, Child Language
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Stewart, Julia Aguilar; Santiago, Karen A. – Foreign Language Annals, 2006
This article discusses the use of Esmeralda Santiago's autobiography "When I Was Puerto Rican" (1994b) as the foundation for an experiential learning project that brought two language communities: suburban college students studying intermediate Spanish and urban Puerto Rican students in an English-as-a-second-language (ESL) class. The…
Descriptors: College Students, Spanish, Urban Areas, Second Language Learning