Language immersion programs are on the rise and are proving to be impactful—especially as a strategy for addressing issues of equity. Considered to be the most innovative way to teach students a ...

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 ...

Parents regularly ask me if language immersion is right for their child. I almost unequivocally say yes — years of research show that immersion language programs give children a leg up academically, ...

About 65% of BYU students speak a second language, according toU.S. News, and one campus housing program allows BYU students to practice their language skills. TheLanguage Immersion Student Residences ...

Promising results from research on two-way language-immersion programs have pumped up the popularity of such programs in recent years. But some experts say that the three large-scale studies that ...

JEMEZ PUEBLO — The words escape slowly from Eleanor Tafoya when she speaks of the decline of the Jemez language among the Pueblo’s youth. “If we don’t do anything, we’re going to lose our traditions ...

Learning a second language can be a challenge, but it's a little easier when you learn that new language while you are young. That's why language immersion programs are becoming more popular in North ...

Post written by François Grosjean. The linguistic and educational success of second language immersion education is now well established (see here). What has been less clear until recently was whether ...

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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — If going back to school wasn’t hard enough imagine learning everything in Spanish or Mandarin. Good morning, buenos dias and zaoshang hao… 3 different languages in which students ...

We visit an elementary school and a middle school in Austin, Texas, where students learn in Spanish and English and take the AP Spanish exam in 8th grade.