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National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education (NCBE)

Web site of NCBE, the National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education.Founded by the US Department of Education, NCBE collects, analyzes, and disseminates information related to language minority education issues. In addition to the digital library and file, it has a monthly free service of E-Mail with current information in the field. For directions on how to request this free service see Special NCBE Newsline. http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/

 

Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) Two-Way Immersion Topics

Portal to bilingual education pages of CAL website. CAL was founded to improve communication through better understanding of language and culture. Two-way immersion programs integrate language minority and language majority students, providing instruction in both English and the native language of the language minority students. The structure of these programs varies, but they all integrate students for most content instruction and provide this instruction in the non-English language for a significant portion of the school day. Two-way bilingual immersion programs strive to promote bilingualism and biliteracy, grade-level academic achievement, and positive cross-cultural attitudes and behaviors in all students. http://www.cal.org/topics/bilinged.html

 

 

The ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistic

The ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics is operated by the Center for Applied Linguistics, a private non profit organization. ERIC/CLL

provides a wide range of services and materials for language educators, most of them free of charge.

http://www.cal.org/ericcll/

 

Products and services include the following:

  • Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
  • Resource Guides Online with links to Web sites, publications, and
  • other sources of information
  • An online newsletter, ERIC/CLL Language Link
  • Information digests
  • A semiannual print newsletter, ERIC/CLL News Bulletin
  • A question-answering service eric@cal.org

 

Links to schools with bilingual programs

 

 

 

Other Useful Links

Fabula

is a free software product for making bilingual stories with children. Download instructions are on the site.

 

 

"Criteria for Success in Two-Way Bilingual Education"

A list of 8 Criteria

Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Power Point Presentation

A Power Point about 50-50, 70-30, 90-10 Bilingual Education models in

California

 

The Collier Thomas Study

In an extensive study conducted in 23 school districts in 15 states over 14 years - leading ESL researchers Collier and Thomas conclude that dual language immersion out performs standard models of English immersion, ESL pullout and ESL content.

The following article describes how dual-language programs educate both English learners and native English speakers without incurring extra costs.

The Multiple Benefits of Dual Language 

 

 

Dual Language Immersion Bibliography

 

Directory of Two-Way Immersion Programs in the U.S.

 

Dual Language Education: Who Benefits?

 

Two way bilingual programs -- The Demand for a Multilingual Workforce

 

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