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Seventh International Conference on Immersion and Dual Language Education

du 6 au 9 February 2019

The Westin Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA

Louisiana's first two-way immersion program: Development and findings from our baseline year

vendredi 8 février 2019 à 11:15–12:15 EST
Brevard 3rd (48)
Strand

Strand III: Program Design, Development and Evaluation

Immersion/Partner Language(s)

Spanish/English

Level

Pre-K

Program Summary/Abstract Description

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette (ULL) along with a local educational agency (LEA) received a National Professional Development grant to create an English Transformation Center for Sustainable and Scalable Success (ETCS3 ) to be located in the LEA. The LEA was selected because of its large EL population and it's successful, sustained, and internationally recognized one-way immersion programs. One of ETCS3 ’s primary goals is to support the launch, maintenance, and expansion of the first two-way immersion (Spanish/English) pathway in Louisiana by training teachers and administrators in content-based and immersion pedagogy. Performance outcomes include analyzing instruction, linguistic achievement, and student academic achievement. The program also compares the two-way immersion pathway results with a control ESL pathway and a pathway being trained in content-based ESL instruction.  Results of year-one standardized assessments will be presented and discussed with attendees.

This work is funded by a National Professional Development Grant from the Office of English Language Acquisition.

Lead Presenter

Michelle Haj-Broussard, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Role/Title

Assistant Professor

Co-Presenters

Karen Burstein, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Role/Title

Director of the Cecil Picard Center for Child Development

Melissa Gallagher, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Role/Title

Assistant Professor

Marissa Young, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Role/Title

Student

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