Secondary ESOL
Professional Readings: Bilingual Education
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- Bilingual/Immersion Education:Indicators of Good Practice
2004 report to the Ministry of Education from Hill, May, and Tiakiwai. While the focus is on Maori-medium education, the indicators can be applied to other bilingual contexts.
- Integrating Language and Content: Lessons from Immersion
Findings from research carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of immersion programs in Canada and the United States (CAL).
- Interview with Merrill Swain (2005)
Merrill Swain talks about key issues and themes in bilingual education (PDF).
- Language Acquisition Research
Papers from the 2003 Language Acquisition Forum. The purpose of the forum was to draw on New Zealand academic expertise and experience in the field of language acquisition and bilingual development to inform Ministry of Education policy and to share knowledge of Maori and Pasifika immersion and bilingual education.
- School Effectiveness for Language Minority Students
Collier and Thomas's key predictors of school success for English language learners based on a large, longitudinal study.
- Being Bilingual in Manukau
2007 City of Manukau Education Trust discussion paper - prepared for the Manukau Education Conference (PDF).
- Bilingual Research Journal
Up-to-date research readings.
- Centre for Multilingual, Multicultural Research
A portal for articles and resources for bilingual, and multicultural education (the University of Southern California).
- CREDE - Broadening the Base: School/Community Partnerships Serving Language Minority Students At Risk
Findings from a 2001 study that aimed to promote the academic achievement of English language learners.
- CREDE - Program Alternatives for Linguistically Diverse Students
This report is intended as a guide for decision makers in schools. Edited by Genesee
(PDF).
- CREDE: A National Study of School Effectiveness for Language Minority Students' Long-Term Academic Achievement
Thomas and Collier's 1996-2001 study of the types of U.S. school programmes provided for linguistically and culturally diverse students. It comes out strongly in favour of sustained bilingual education.
- Definitions and Terms
Definitions of commonly used terms - American context.
- English language Acquisition and Academic Success: What Do We Know?
Findings on bilingual education from studies in the late 1990s.
- ESL and Bilingual Program Models
A description of the characteristics of effective programmes (CAL Digest).
- An Evening with Mimi Met! Discussing Language Growth in Immersion Classrooms
A report of a 2002 interview. Includes answers to questions such as "What kinds of language do children need?"
- Family and Community Engagement in Education
2007 paper briefly outlining findings about family and community influences on students' achievement. The paper identifies key principles for working in partnership with families and community and summarises features of partnership programmes in the Manukau area. (PDF)
- For Parents of ESL Students
Straightforward advice from Shoebottom at Frankfurt International School.
- id21 - Communicating Development Research
Research on developing countries focusing on children's right to learn in their own languages
- Inventory of Bilingual and Immersion Educational Models
From Wested.
- Language Acquisition Research
A compilation of papers on language acquisition and bilingual development presented at a 2003 Ministry of Education forum.
- Lessons From Research: What Is the Length of Time it Takes Limited English Proficient Students to Acquire English and Succeed in an All-English Classroom?
An overview of the results of recent research and data syntheses funded by the U.S. Department of Education on effective educational approaches that promote the acquisition of English language and content for ESOL students. (Issue & Brief 2000, The National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education.)
- Promoting a Language Proficient Society: What You Can Do
Suggestions for parents, teachers, school administrators and policymakers to foster the learning of languages (CAL).
- The Role of the Language Teacher in Disciplinary Teaching: In Search of a Subject?
The roles and relationships of subject specialists and language specialists working together in English secondary school classrooms. How teacher talk creates learning opportunities. How these learning opportunities differ with bilingual and monolingual language specialists. (Angela Creese, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2000.)
- Successful Transition into Mainstream English: Effective Strategies for Studying Literature
A case study of Spanish speaking students in a bilingual programme making the transition to an English mainstream programme.
- Supporting Older Emergent Readers in Becoming Bilingual and Biliterate
Suggestions for providing students with the academic language and concepts that are crucial to success in their secondary school classes.
