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- Title
Student and teacher oral language use in a two-way Spanish/English immersion school.
- Authors
Ballinger, Susan; Lyster, Roy
- Abstract
This study examines the Spanish use of students and teachers at a US two-way immersion school. Students and teachers from Grades 1, 3, and 8 (5—6-year-olds, 7—8-years-olds, and 12—13-yearolds, respectively) were observed and interviewed, and students completed questionnaires to determine what factors influenced their language of choice and their divergence from Spanish when it was the language of instruction. Although students showed an overall preference for English, particularly in interactions with peers, findings indicate that students’ language background, culturally relevant teaching activities, teacher language use, and students’ sensitivity to others’ need for language accommodation influenced their use of Spanish with peers.
- Subjects
UNITED States; IMMERSION method (Language teaching); ELEMENTARY education; ENGLISH language education in elementary schools; EDUCATIONAL exchanges; SPANISH language students; SPANISH-speaking students; SPANISH language teachers; LINGUISTIC context; EFFECTIVE teaching; FOREIGN study
- Publication
Language Teaching Research, 2011, Vol 15, Issue 3, p289
- ISSN
1362-1688
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1362168811401151