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Myth 3 - THE MORE TIME STUDENTS SPEND IN A SECOND LANGUAGE CONTEXT, THE…
Myth 3 - THE MORE TIME STUDENTS SPEND IN A SECOND LANGUAGE CONTEXT, THE QUICKER THEY LEARN THE LANGUAGE
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Structured Immersion: An instructional strategy in which children from language minority backgrounds receive all of their instructions in English and have the additional support of ESL classes and content based instruction that is tailored to their language abilities.
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All instruction is in English, with additional support of ESL classes and content-based instruction tailored to their language abilities
This type of program has the advantage of providing more time on task for learning English than in a bilingual classroom
On the surface this appears to be beneficial, more time spent learning English -- the faster students will learn English. This is FALSE.
"Over the length of the program, children in bilingual classes, where there is exposure to the home language and to English, have been found to acquire English language skills equivalent to those acquired by children who have been in English-only programs."
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