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Direct linkHellmich, Emily A. – Foreign Language Annals, 2018
Over the past decade, there have been numerous calls to update U.S. education to reflect an increasingly global world (Hull & Hellmich, 2018). Foreign languages (FLs) are often perceived as central to these efforts (American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 2017). Despite this centrality, less is known about how FLs are understood in U.S. K-12…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Immersion Programs
Yang, Lu; Leung, Genevieve; Tong, Rosina; Uchikoshi, Yuuko – Foreign Language Annals, 2018
Previous research reports the positive impact of dual immersion programs on students' language proficiency, yet fewer studies have examined students' attitudes in such programs. The current study examined student attitudes and language proficiency in a Cantonese dual immersion school and explored relationships between students' attitudes and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Immersion Programs
Hood, Sally J. – Foreign Language Annals, 2020
The purpose of this qualitative study was to document the skills, knowledge, and dispositions needed for effective two-way immersion (TWI) teacher training based on the perspectives of those practicing in the field. The research questions explored how preservice teachers, practicing TWI teachers, and TWI administrators perceived the skills,…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Bilingual Education Programs, Teaching Methods, Study Abroad
Clark, Allen; Minami, Nathan – Foreign Language Annals, 2015
This article discusses five college students' experiences in a simulated full-immersion, Arabic-speaking language village and the impact of that experience on learners' beliefs about the power of collaborative learning, the critical importance of cultural awareness, the efficacy of learning languages within a functioning community of practice, and…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Study Abroad
Wesely, Pamela M. – Foreign Language Annals, 2009
This interpretive multiple case study examines the motivation to learn a second language among sixth grade students who attended a French immersion school for grades K-5. Parent surveys, student surveys based on Gardner's Attitude/Motivation Test Battery, and individual and group interviews with students were the data sources used to identify…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Student Surveys, Early Adolescents, Learning Motivation
Ingram, Mark – Foreign Language Annals, 2005
Given the decline in French majors and enrollments in French junior year study abroad programs, educators have increasingly turned to short-term study abroad for first- and second-year students. These programs can motivate students fulfilling the language requirement, while also internationalizing the curriculum through interdisciplinary and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Immersion Programs, Foreign Countries, Study Abroad
