Immersion is based upon the premise that learning content through a new language builds proficiency in both the content and language. Yet, whatever the model (ranging from 80 to 50% of instruction in ...

AMES, Iowa – Getting back into the classroom after spending the summer in Spain with a group of Iowa State University students always reinforces for Chad Gasta the benefits of a language immersion ...

This article was written for our sponsor, Participate Learning. The benefits of dual-language programs for native English speakers are often lauded, including enhanced cultural awareness, strengthened ...

This article was written for our sponsor, Participate Learning. According to the most recent data from the United States Department of Education, 39 states across the country offer some type of ...

I was talking to a friend about plans for her pre-schooler. Their home language is English, but my friend’s father is French, and I wondered if she was enrolling her child in the local French ...

When Beacon Hill Elementary transitions to an international school this fall, its foreign-language immersion programs undoubtedly will be so popular that students likely will have to live in the ...

Language learning is a fascinating and intricate process that has intrigued scholars and researchers for centuries. It is not only a means of communication but also a window into the complex workings ...

Growing up, Melissa Quon traveled an hour on Saturdays to attend a Chinese class in San Francisco. The teaching style was stern and “old school”, she said: “you say it, you repeat it, you write it.” ...

As the Calistoga school district explores the possibility of a dual language immersion program, the teachers’ union took an unusual stance on the issue at a board meeting last week. In a statement ...

Clarification: An earlier version of this article referred to Haa Yoo X’atángi Kúdi as the first-ever Tlingit language immersion preschool. It is the first for Juneau, not the whole state. By February ...