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Hamman-Ortiz, Laura – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2023
This article explores how second-grade students in a Spanish/English two-way immersion (TWI) program make sense of becoming bilingual. Drawing upon the expanded model of investment theory, I examine how and why students in this classroom "invest" in their emerging bilingualism, attending to the similarities and differences in the…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Elementary School Students, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Education
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Redmond, Mary Lynn; Wiethaus, Ulrike – Learning Languages, 2009
The Atse Kituwah Academy (New Kituwah Academy) houses the new Cherokee immersion school in Cherokee, North Carolina. Cherokee is located on the Qualla Boundary in the mountains of the western part of the state, the contemporary homeland of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI). In 2005, a comprehensive study of the health of the Cherokee…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Immersion Programs, Second Language Instruction, Program Effectiveness