Conference Sessions

Friday, October 19, 2012
Symposium Friday, 1:45 pm Capitol Ballroom	Debating the Role of L1/Majority Language in Immersion Education Diane Tedick, University of Minnesota Susan Ballinger, McGill University Katarina Edmonds, Independent Consultant Stella Kong, Hong Kong Institute of Education Deb Palmer, University of Texas - Austin Tauwehe Tamati, University of Auckland Miles Turnbull, University of Prince Edward Island Recently some scholars and practitioners have begun to question the practice of adhering to separation of languages in immersion teaching and learning. Representing one-way, two-way and indigenous immersion contexts, symposium participants will offer research-based perspectives and engage in a debate on the topic of L1/majority language use in immersion.
Symposium Friday, 1:45 pm Governors I	Classroom-Based Research on Literacy and Numeracy in Canadian French Immersion Programs Karla Culligan, Second Language Research Institute of Canada, University of New Brunswick Renee Bourgoin, Second Language Research Institute of Canada, University of New Brunswick Josee Le Bouthillier, Second Language Research Institute of Canada, University of New Brunswick This symposium will feature three Canadian French immersion classroom-based research projects conducted by doctoral students from the Second Language Research Institute of Canada. It will focus on bridging research and practice. A number of common themes, such as classroom implications, exemplary teaching practices, and student learning will also be addressed. Presentation Slides (PDF)
Symposium Friday, 1:45 pm State I	Manifestations of Immersion Language Teaching: Conceptual and Multiple Language Competence Siv Bjorklund, University of Vaasa Niina Nissila, University of Vaasa This symposium presents results from two ongoing immersion research projects at the Centre for Immersion and Multilingualism. Both projects involve studies that explore an important immersion teaching principle; i.e., teaching content in an immersion language. This research field is vitally important for the evaluation of academic achievement among students.

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