scholarly journals Global Learning Outcomes of a Domestic Foreign Language Immersion Program

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Godfrey
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Language Immersion ◽  
Global Learning ◽  
Immersion Program ◽  
Foreign Language Immersion

scholarly journals Foreign Language Learning via Mobile Devices during a Language Immersion Program

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Eleni Mavropoulou ◽  
Panagiotis Arvanitis
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Language Immersion ◽  
Portable Devices ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Immersion Program ◽  
Mobile Assisted Language Learning

The progress of technology and the complete integration of its products in our daily lives is now a reality. In addition to this, more and more young children now own their personal mobile devices, most of which have a connection to the internet. These new portable devices offer unlimited possibilities to their users, yet they also create more and more challenges in the field of learning. Inevitably, Mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) as a subcategory of Mlearning is also affected. The purpose of this paper is to present students' perceptions on the use of an application in the process of learning French as a foreign language. To this end, we developed an application for mobile devices in real teaching conditions, which respects the principles of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Experimental quantitative research was carried out in order to explore the students' experience concerning the application as a portable learning tool, completely integrated into the course. The target group we addressed was international students from various countries in Europe, Asia and America, who were taught French during a language immersion program, as part of a language stay in Saint Raphaël in France.

scholarly journals Affective variables in a foreign language immersion programme: a quantitative study

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 77-93
Author(s):  
Marta Del Pozo Beamud
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Quantitative Study ◽  
Language Immersion ◽  
Affective Variables ◽  
Foreign Language Immersion ◽  
Educación Primaria

La inmersión lingüística ha cobrado mucha importancia durante las últimas décadas, ya que muchos estudiantes de todo el mundo se han beneficiado de esta experiencia tan motivadora. Por tanto, el objetivo principal de este estudio es determinar si una semana de inmersión en inglés tiene una influencia positiva en los niveles de motivación extrínseca e intrínseca, ansiedad en LE y los yoes en LE (Deci Ryan 2000, Dörnyei, 2005, Horwitz, Horwitz Cope 1991). Nuestros participantes son estudiantes de educación primaria (M: 11,5) que participaron en dicho programa. Estos cumplimentaron un cuestionario cuantitativo al llegar (test) y antes de terminar la semana (retest). Con el fin de comparar los resultados obtenidos en ambos momentos se utilizaron análisis ANOVA de un factor. Los resultados indicaron que después de la experiencia, la motivación aumenta, mientras que la ansiedad disminuye y la presencia de los yoes en los participantes se debilita.

scholarly journals FOREIGN LANGUAGE IMMERSION SEBAGAI REPRESENTASI PENDIDIKAN BILINGUAL DI SD MBF AL ADZKIYA WONOSOBO

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-133
Author(s):  
Atinia Hidayah
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Immersion ◽  
Foreign Language Immersion

Sebagai sekolah swasta, Al Adzkiya hadir dengan jenis pembelajaran istimewa yang merupakan pendidikan bilingual. Penggunaan bahasa Inggris diterapkan hampir setiap hari yang melibatkan beberapa program khusus untuk mendukung pendidikan dwibahasa. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan bagaimana Foreign Language Immersion dipraktekkan di sekolah ini, dan menghasilkan hasil pemenuhan keterampilan Bahasa Inggris pada tiga program besar yang diadakan yang meliputi English Morning Menu, English Day, dan English Week. Studi ini berfokus pada program-program, guru, siswa, dan lingkungan sekolah. Studi ini menunjukkan bahwa tiga program yang dianggap sebagai bagian dari Foreign Language Immersion yang disebutkan di atas memenuhi kemampuan bahasa Inggris utama yaitu keterampilan menyimak, berbicara, membaca, dan menulis.

scholarly journals Early Bilingual Education Moving Towards The Dual Language Immersion Program. An Upcoming Reality Also In Gjirokastra

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zamira Kote
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Bilingual Education ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Dual Language ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Language Immersion ◽  
Teaching Process ◽  
Dual Language Immersion ◽  
Immersion Program

This article focuses on the issues of bilingual education in Gjirokastra, in the 9-year primary schools, as an important link in the process of foreign language learning by our children. Albania has quickly embraced the concept of early foreign language learning. A memorandum signed by the respective governments of Albania and Italy  in 2002 opened the way to a teaching process conducted in two languages, Italian and Albanian, in the upper cycle of the primary school and also in the high schools, so that half of the subjects would be taught in a foreign language. Through this paper we try to give our opinion why the implementation of this program of dual language immersion is necessary as an educational system based on pragmatic and functional concepts. The achievement of the dual language immersion program also in our schools, aims at a transmission of knowledge for a better internalization of the foreign language, and also at improving the perspectives of our students in the European labor market. The difficulties and the obstacles which might condition this process cannot diminish the advantages and benefits that the children studying in these schools where the teaching process will be conducted in two languages, will have over the children who will study a foreign language as a separate subject. The role of parents and  a highly qualified teaching staff are important factors in the success of this process.

Phonological development in two-way bilingual immersion

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mandy Renee Menke
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Native Speaker ◽  
Language Immersion ◽  
Phonological Development ◽  
Phonological Acquisition ◽  
Foreign Language Learners ◽  
Immersion Programs ◽  
Foreign Language Immersion

In spite of the well-documented advantage of an early age of acquisition, findings from one-way (foreign language) immersion programs suggest that this instructional context is insufficient for acquisition of nativelike articulations by child foreign language learners. It has been suggested that the lack of exposure to native speaking peers may contribute to reported non-native pronunciation. This study expands upon the previous research with child second language learners of Spanish, exploring how children, who learn academic content in Spanish, alongside native Spanish-speaking peers produce the Spanish vowels. Few differences are observed between the learner and peer native speaker groups, suggesting that the direct contact with native speakers of Spanish afforded by two-way bilingual immersion promotes phonological acquisition.

scholarly journals Partial Immersion Program for Saudi Bilinguals

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 150
Author(s):  
Sumayyah Qaed Alsulami
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
Immersion Program ◽  
Partial Immersion ◽  
The Government ◽  
Arabic And English

English is taught as a foreign language in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Although the government tries gradually to integrate teaching English in all grades: secondary, intermediate and elementary, learning English is still limited and need more developing. This essay is a brief review about bilingualism in Saudi education. This essay will be divided into three sections. The first section will describe the Saudi bilingual context through three dimensions: language competence, late bilingualism, and individual bilingualism. The following section will define bilingualism with regard to the Saudi context. The last section will discuss the appropriate educational program for Saudi bilinguals and the implications of this educational program incorporating Arabic and English.

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