Or should they be taught in
English immersion classrooms to maximize their exposure to English?
Not exact matches
Recall that sheltered
English immersion consists of
English instruction in a self - contained
classroom of
English Learners.
As a remedy, Prop 227 required all
English Learners to be educated in sheltered
English -
immersion classrooms during a temporary transition period not to exceed one year.
The second program is sheltered
English immersion, which involves teaching in
English to a
classroom filled only with
English Learners.
The school districts have also failed to require detailed documentation of the need for a bilingual education
classroom, as the initiative requires, and they have changed the requirement of a year in a sheltered
English -
immersion classroom from a maximum to a minimum.
Using the same technique to examine the gains made by the two groups following the implementation of Prop 227, Bali found that putting these same students in a structured
immersion classroom the next year eliminated the small gap between
English Learners who had been in bilingual education and those not in bilingual education.
In the fall of 2001, I asked several former bilingual - education teachers who were now teaching in sheltered
English -
immersion classrooms whether they would ever go back to bilingual education.
Parents could request a waiver from these requirements, but only after their child had spent 30 days in a sheltered
English -
immersion classroom and only if the parent personally visited the school.
She has worked as a regular
classroom teacher, in
English and French
immersion classes, and as a thinking skills / enrichment resource teacher.
Scholars and researchers present their latest findings regarding the impact of a restrictive language policy on teacher preparation and
classroom practice through the lens of the decade - long implementation of Structured
English Immersion (SEI) in Arizona.
Undergraduate students preparing for a teaching career with bilingual children in the
English as a Second Language (ESL) and Structured
English Immersion (SEI)
classroom settings at the elementary, middle, or high school levels.
As practiced at many districts, dual
immersion means that
English along with one other language is used daily in the
classroom where students are also usually a mix of native
English speakers and non-
English speakers.
If your system includes «dual
immersion» classes where students hear their native language 75 % of the time, where other EL students engage in only 30 minutes of daily
English Language Development classes, and where regular
classroom teachers use a self - selected potpourri of instructional strategies for EL students, of course it will take up to 8 years for our EL students to learn
English!
Arizona's language restrictive policies resulted in the controversial Structured
English Immersion (SEI) program consisting of a four hour language block, leaving
English learners (ELs) in
classrooms with a separate curriculum from their
English proficient peers.