RE: EPAA Publishes Vol 8 No. 8 Amrein and Pena: Asymmetry in Dual Language Practice.

From: Nate Schmolze (schmolze@students.wisc.edu)
Date: Wed Jan 12 2000 - 13:21:42 PST


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From: AERA-G Division G: Social Context of Education
[mailto:AERA-G@ASU.EDU]On Behalf Of Gene Glass
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Subject: EPAA Publishes Vol 8 No. 8 Amrein and Pena: Asymmetry in Dual
Language Practice.

The Education Policy Analysis Archives is a peer-reviewed
scholarly journal freely accessible on the internet at
                http://epaa.asu.edu

EPAA has just published Volume 8 Number 8 "Asymmetry in Dual
Language Practice: Assessing Imbalance in a Program Promoting
Equality" by Audrey Amrein and Robert A. Peņa.

The article can be accessed at

          http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/vol8.html

             Asymmetry in Dual Language Practice:
     Assessing Imbalance in a Program Promoting Equality

                     Audrey Amrein
                 Arizona State University

                      Robert A. Peņa
                 Arizona State University

Abstract
The capacity for dual-language programs to deliver specific
benefits to students with different primary and secondary
language skills continues to be debated. Individuals favoring
dual language assert that as it relies upon a reciprocal
approach, dual language students acquire dual language
proficiency without the need for teachers to translate from
one language to another. By utilizing and conserving the language
skills that students bring, dual language students also gain
cross-cultural understandings and an expanded opportunity to
realize academic success in the future. Research that explores
whether these programs meet the needs of monolingual and
bilingual students is limited. The intent of this study is
not to criticize dual language practice. Instead, it is to
describe a newly implemented dual language immersion program
that exists and operates in Phoenix, Arizona. In particular,
this study examines the practices of dual language teachers
at Leigh Elementary School and the challenges encountered as
school personnel worked to provide students with different
primary and secondary language skills increased opportunities
to learn.

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Gene V Glass, Editor
Education Policy Analysis Archives
College of Education
Arizona State University

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