Balancing Content and Language in Instruction: The Experience of Immersion Teachers

• Published in: The Modern language journal (Boulder, Colo.) Vol. 96; no. 2; pp. 251 - 269
• Main Authors: CAMMARATA, LAURENT, TEDICK, DIANE J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.06.2012; Wiley Subscription Services; Wiley-Blackwell; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Bilingual students; Content Area Instruction; Educational Change; Elementary School Teachers; Immersion Programs; Language; Language for Special Purposes; Language immersion programs; Language instruction; Language Teachers; Multilingualism; Nonnative languages; Phenomenology; Professional Development; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Secondary School Teachers; Self Concept; Social Studies; Spanish; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Education; Teacher Improvement; Teachers; Teaching; Teaching Experience; Teaching Methods
• ISSN: 0026-7902; 1540-4781
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.2012.01330.x

Research on immersion teaching has consistently shown that immersion teachers tend to focus on subject matter content at the expense of language teaching. The response to that research has often entailed suggestions for teachers on how better to integrate language and content in their instruction. H...