Johnson, Robert Keith <br/><br/>
Immersion Education :  International Perspectives / 
Robert Keith Johnson and Merrill Swain. 
 - New York :  Cambridge University Press,  1997. 
 - xvi, 315 p. :  cov. ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Cambridge Applied Linguistics .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>"The wide range of languages and purposes now served by immersion worldwide is illustrated by case studies of thirteen programs.<br/> 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<br/> I. Immersion in a Foreign Language<br/>  Chapter 2. Immersion in Hungary: an EFL experiment / Patricia A. Duff<br/>  Chapter 3. Benowa high: a decade of French immersion in Australia / Michèle de Courcy<br/> II. Immersion for Majority-Language Students in a Minority Language<br/>  Chapter 4. Late, late immersion: discipline-based second language teaching at the University of Ottawa / Sandra Burger, Marjorie Wesche, and Mariette Migneron<br/>  Chapter 5. Immersion in Finland in the 1990s: a state of development and expansion / Siv Bjorklund<br/> III. Immersion for Language Revival<br/>  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<br/> IV. Immersion for Language Support<br/>  Chapter 7. The Catalan immersion program / Josep Maria Artigal<br/>  Chapter 8. Reflections on immersion education in the Basque country / Jesus Arzamendi and Fred Genesee<br/> V. Immersion in a Language of Power<br/>  Chapter 9. The Hong Kong education system: late immersion under stress / Robert Keith Johnson<br/>  Chapter 10. Immersion in Singapore preschools / Audrey Lim Swee Eng, Linda Gan, and Pamela Sharpe<br/>  Chapter 11. The Molteno project: a case study of immersion for English-medium instruction in South Africa / Charles Nuttall and David Langhan<br/> VI. Lessons from Experience and New Directions<br/>  Chapter 12. Lessons from U.S. immersion programs: two decades of experience / Myriam Met and Eileen B. Lorenz<br/>  Chapter 13. Innovations in immersion: the key school two-way model / Nancy C. Rhodes, Donna Christian, and Susan Barfield<br/>  Chapter 14. From semantic to synactic processing: how can we promote it in immersion classroom? / Maria Kowal and Merrill Swain. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521586559 (pbk) 0521586550 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96038072  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Language and languages--Study and teaching.<br/>Immersion method (Language teaching)<br/>Education, Bilingual.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P53.44  / .I46 1997