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Bilingual Two-Way Immersion Programs Benefit Academic Achievement

Published Year
2013
Resource Type
Journal
The effects of bilingual education on reading and math achievement were examined by comparing test scores across different elementary school programs. Results revealed that bilingual Two-Way Immersion (TWI) programs benefited both minority-language and majority-language students.

Transnational Teacher Education: Towards Theory and Practice

Published Year
2013
Resource Type
Journal
Transnational students experience living and schooling in two countries that are closely tied economically and politically. As the number of U.S.-Mexico transnational students increase, so does the need for teachers who can respond to their academic needs.

Preparing Mainstream Teachers for Multilingual Classrooms

Published Year
2013
Resource Type
Journal
Increasingly, mainstream teachers rather than specialist language teachers (English as a Second Language, bilingual teachers) are expected to work with English language learners (ELLs) in their classrooms.

Bilingualism in the Early Years: What the Science Says

Published Year
2013
Resource Type
Journal
Many children in North America and around the world grow up exposed to two languages from an early age. Parents of bilingual infants and toddlers have important questions about the costs and benefits of early bilingualism, and how to best support language acquisition in their children.