Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The wide range of languages and purposes now served by immersion worldwide is illustrated by case studies of thirteen programs.

Immersion, a relatively new approach to bilingual education, originated in Canada. It uses the target language as a medium of instruction in order to achieve "additive bilingualism" -- a high level of second language proficiency. The wide range of languages and purposes now served by immersion worldwide is illustrated by case studies of thirteen programs presented and discussed in this paperback edition. The introductory chapter defines immersion education theory and practice and shows how this approach differs from other forms of bilingual education." (Publisher's Website)

CONTENTS: Chapter 1. Immersion education: a category within bilingual education / Merrill Swain and Robert Keith Johnson

I. Immersion in a Foreign Language
Chapter 2. Immersion in Hungary: an EFL experiment / Patricia A. Duff
Chapter 3. Benowa high: a decade of French immersion in Australia / Michèle de Courcy

II. Immersion for Majority-Language Students in a Minority Language
Chapter 4. Late, late immersion: discipline-based second language teaching at the University of Ottawa / Sandra Burger, Marjorie Wesche, and Mariette Migneron
Chapter 5. Immersion in Finland in the 1990s: a state of development and expansion / Siv Bjorklund

III. Immersion for Language Revival
Chapter 6. Indigenous language immersion in Hawai'i: a case study of Kula Kaiapuni Hawai'i, an effort to save the indigenous language of Hawai'i / Helen B. Slaughter

IV. Immersion for Language Support
Chapter 7. The Catalan immersion program / Josep Maria Artigal
Chapter 8. Reflections on immersion education in the Basque country / Jesus Arzamendi and Fred Genesee

V. Immersion in a Language of Power
Chapter 9. The Hong Kong education system: late immersion under stress / Robert Keith Johnson
Chapter 10. Immersion in Singapore preschools / Audrey Lim Swee Eng, Linda Gan, and Pamela Sharpe
Chapter 11. The Molteno project: a case study of immersion for English-medium instruction in South Africa / Charles Nuttall and David Langhan

VI. Lessons from Experience and New Directions
Chapter 12. Lessons from U.S. immersion programs: two decades of experience / Myriam Met and Eileen B. Lorenz
Chapter 13. Innovations in immersion: the key school two-way model / Nancy C. Rhodes, Donna Christian, and Susan Barfield
Chapter 14. From semantic to synactic processing: how can we promote it in immersion classroom? / Maria Kowal and Merrill Swain.