Immersion 2012: Bridging Contexts for a Multilingual World

 

2012 Dual Language/Immersion Education
Researcher Convocation

The  2012 Dual Language/Immersion Education Researcher Convocation––a unique gathering of more than 45 invited researchers from around the world who specialize in language immersion education––was held on Wednesday as a complement to the conference. The convocation was designed to further development of a research agenda with active researchers in the field, most of whom were already participating in the conference as presenters.

Several of the researchers at the convocation agreed to share their PowerPoint presentations and handouts with the wider immersion education community. Click on the links below.

Panel #1–Context-specific discussion

Focus: What do we know and what do we need to know regarding the following topics?

1.  Program design & articulation and student population/demographics
2.  Intercultural competence and bi/multilingual and cultural identity

• Indigenous language immersion
  Mary Hermes,University of Minnesota
  Presentation Slides (PDF) & Handout (PDF)  
   
  
• One-way second/foreign language immersion
  Siv Björklund, University of Vaasa, Finland
  
  
• Two-way bilingual immersion
  Ester de Jong, University of Florida
  Presentation Slides (PDF) & Handout (PDF)

 

Panel #2–Cross-program discussions on specific topics

Focus: What  do we know and what do we need to know regarding the following topics?

• At-risk learners/differentiation
  Fred Genesee, McGill University
  Presentation Slides (PDF) & Handout (PDF)
  
  
• Biliteracy development
  Kathy Escamilla, University of Colorado-Boulder
  
  
• Immersion pedagogy & classroom interaction
  Roy Lyster, McGill University
  Presentation Slides (PDF) & Handout (PDF)
  
  
• Student outcomes
  Kathy Lindholm-Leary San José State University