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This book investigates the role native language plays in the process of acquiring a second language within a bilingual educational model. The research presented is based on a 2 year longitudinal study of students in a bilingual school. Particular attention is paid to the development of academic language proficiency. Performance in both languages was compared between two groups of peers learning in submersion classes in Germany and in Portugal. This comparison allows the assessment of effects of a given bilingual education programme.

There is a considerable advantage found for the students who learned in the bilingual environment, both in written and in oral samples. These students developed a more proficient bilingual academic discourse ability; socioeconomic status and cognitive abilities were controlled for. When comparing the results with an external measure for school achievement, the advantage was confirmed. The results also hint at didactic factors which seem to contribute to this performance.

Education / Bilingual Education --- Education

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This book is a must-read for every language teaching professional and researcher working in a multilingual context. Multilingualism and Education in Africa: The State of the State of the Art is an up-to-date exploration and wide-ranging review of the symbiotic relationship between multilingualism and education in Africa. The African continent is rich in languages. Most of her inhabitants are multilingual and many of the nations have embraced multilingual education. This book examines multilin...

Education, Bilingual --- Bilingual education --- Bilingualism --- Multilingual education

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Education, Bilingual --- Bilingual education --- Bilingualism --- Multilingual education --- Education, Bilingual. --- Sociolinguistics

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La Academia Chilena de Ciencias presenta la publicacion de este libro sobre el sistema educativo en Singapur como un aporte al desarrollo de su sistema educativo, que en esta etapa presenta enormes desafios para las politicas publicas. Singapur representa una experiencia tremendamente exitosa en educacion, que a traves de cambios profundos y en poco tiempo ha avanzado significativamente en la calidad de su sistema educativo. En forma sostenida ha ido moldeando un sistema que entrega educacion de calidad a todos sus ciudadanos. Esta nacion invierte fuertemente en educacion, disena planes, los ejecuta, los evalua, disena planes piloto, los escala y modifica, en una espiral ascendente, donde el logro de las metas es crucial a la hora de la evaluacion Por un lado, su analisis y estudio presenta una extraordinaria oportunidad para comprender mejor el rol de los agentes, de las relaciones que se establecen en el sistema educacional y la importancia crucial de la coordinacion y perseverancia de las politicas publicas en educacion. Por otro lado, Singapur ofrece herramientas, metodologias, ideas y resultados de investigacion que pueden ser estudiados, contrastados y en algunos casos adaptados a la realidad de Chile.

Basic Education --- Bilingual Education --- Curriculum --- Curriculum Development --- Spanish Translation

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Dual language education is a program that combines language minority and language majority students for instruction through two languages. This book provides the conceptual background for the program and discusses major implementation issues. Research findings summarize language proficiency and achievement outcomes from 8000 students at 20 schools, along with teacher and parent attitudes.

Education, Bilingual. --- Bilingual education --- Bilingualism --- Multilingual education --- Didactics of languages --- Sociolinguistics --- Education, Bilingual --- bilingual education. --- bilingualism. --- language education. --- minority languages.