This article is derived from a study which followed a group of bilingual and multilingual pre-service mainstream primary teachers over three years of their enrolment at an Australian university to investigate their perspectives and experiences related to their linguistic skills and the relationship of these to their English-medium course. By…

This study is addressed to the graduate level needs of prospective elementary school bilingual teachers who did not graduate from bilingual programs at the Bachelor's level, and to the development of a model for training those prospective teachers. An evaluation was performed to determine which curriculum areas of the New Mexico University…

The Northern Illinois University (NIU) bilingual/bicultural program is incorporated into an established elementary education program and provides teacher candidates with an integration of extensive practical field experiences and theoretical course work. NIU offers three program options. The Baccalaureate in elementary education with a…