Secondary School Dual Language Immersion: Mandarin Chinese in the Utah Model - Couverture rigide

Sung, Ko-Yin

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1788928733 ISBN 13 : 9781788928731

Editeur : Multilingual Matters, 2025

Synopsis

This book responds to the expansion of dual language immersion (DLI) programs into secondary contexts, examining the effectiveness of these programs and highlighting areas for improvement in the curriculum. Focusing on Mandarin Chinese DLI in Utah secondary schools, it presents the views of teachers, parents and students on the newly implemented program, explores patterns of classroom interactions, and assesses learners’ oral narrative development as well as their learning strategy use in building reading, writing and listening skills. In this way, it pinpoints possible weaknesses in the curriculum and current teaching practices and provides pedagogical implications and suggestions for in-service teachers and administrators, advocating for the inclusion of heritage language maintenance as a program goal. It enhances pre-service teachers’ understanding of the policy background and current program issues and offers a base for DLI researchers to build upon in understudied secondary school contexts.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ko-Yin Sung is Professor of Chinese at Utah State University, USA. Her research explores Chinese language teaching and learning, dual language immersion and language identities.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Multilingual Matters
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1788928733
• ISBN 13: 9781788928731
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 204
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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