American Council on Immersion Education (ACIE) Newsletter Articles Online Archive
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From 2002-2010, the ACIE Newsletter has published theme-specific issues each May. Theme issues facilitate the exploration of a topic from a variety of practitioner perspectives and in greater depth.
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Educational research is vital to validating effective practices, challenging ineffective ones, and encouraging innovations. Yet research is only valuable if teachers read and implement findings in their classrooms. The Bridge feature is included as an insert to encourage teachers to collect them for future reference. We hope this pull-out insert will help immersion teachers stay abreast of the latest research and allow it, when applicable, to affect their own practice. |
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Best Practices |
Sharing ideas that work is the emphasis of this regular feature. Program administrators can learn about school-wide initiatives that promote immersion principles. Classroom teachers can read about tried and true, practical instructional techniques that they might adopt for their classrooms. |
| Reflections on Administering an Elementary School Mandarin Immersion Program |
May |
Mary Patterson |
| Top Ten Considerations to Successfully Implement a New Immersion Program |
May |
David Bernhardson |
February |
Philip Hoare |
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November |
Michele Anciaux Aoki |
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Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire: Reflections of a First Year Immersion Teacher |
November |
Molly Anderson |
Starting an Immersion Program: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back |
February |
Shannon Peterson |
ACIE News: First Stop: Alaska! CARLA Immersion Workshops on the Road |
February |
Diane J. Tedick & Tara W. Fortune |
May |
Michele de Courcy |
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February |
Kara Schuft |
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Standardized Testing: Overcoming the Threat to Immersion Education |
March |
Daunna Minnich |
December |
Kimerly Miller |
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May |
Emily 'Ioli'i Hawkins |
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February |
Carol Ann Pesola Dahlberg |
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February |
Jack Brondum & Nancy Stenson |
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November |
Todd Chowan, Helena Curtain-Anderson & Carol Ann Pesola |
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Immersion 101 |
If we peel back the layers that currently envelop immersion schools, what might we find at the core? In this column we will share with readers basic principles behind successful immersion programs, and show how challenges have been met at the classroom, school, and district level. |
| Minnesota Immersion Graduates Inspire Enrollment in New Immersion Program |
November |
Shannon Graber |
| Amazing Grace: A Parent Reflects on Her Daughter's Kindergarten Year in Chinese Immersion |
May |
Joan Brzezinski |
May |
Canadian Parents |
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February |
Rachel Richardson |
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February |
Kimerly Miller & Gloria Polanco-McNealy |
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May |
Mona Anton |
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May |
Martha Johnson |
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Parent Activism: A Critical Component for Secondary Immersion |
May |
Martha Johnson |
February |
Daunna Minnich |
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Unifying a School Community: Parents of Immersion and Non-Immersion Students |
February |
Teresa Filbert |
May |
Carla Berkey |
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February |
Julie Sweitzer |
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June |
Kelly Guthery |
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| The Changing Role of the Parent-Teacher Organization in an Immersion School |
March |
Paul Nelson |
December |
Lezley Lewis |
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May |
Kathy Bredesen & John Bredesen |
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A Dozen Activities for Promoting the Use of Spanish Outside of School |
November |
David Downs-Reid & Laura Pezan |
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Points for Parents |
Parents often are looking for a place to access ideas about how to support their children’s education. Immersion parents who may or may not be fluent in the language their child is learning at school have many questions and concerns. In this regular feature, we offer concrete suggestions for extracurricular support of language learning. In addition, we address specific parent concerns and invite parents to share their experience and expertise. |
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There has been dramatic growth in the number of immersion programs during the last decade. More and more communities have chosen to support this educational option, whose benefits to students are well documented. In this feature we spotlight immersion schools and explore factors that make each one unique. |
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In an effort to push the edge of what we currently know about learning, researchers continue to design and publish new studies on issues important to immersion education. Keeping up to date with current research is a time-consuming task. This regular feature will help inform the immersion education public about recent research by providing our readers with brief summaries of selected studies. |
February |
Catherine M. Pulkinen |
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| Why We Should Reconsider the Importance of the Social Psychology of Immersion Students |
February |
Pam Wesely |
| Learning Cross-Cultural Competencies: An Interview with a Cross-Cultural Trainer |
November |
Kimerly Miller |
February |
Maria Alicia Arabbo |
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| Immersion
Learning and Language Rights in France: The Case of
the Diwan Schools |
November |
Lois Kuter, Secretary |
Challenging Choices: Immersion in One School or Mulitple Sites |
February |
María Roldán & Dan Leclerc |
February |
Annie Heideman |
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May |
Ursina Swanson |
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November |
Daniel D. Demers |
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May |
Karen Terhaar |
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February |
Karin Larson |
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Social & Cognitive Challenges of Middle School Japanese Immersion |
February |
Carl Falsgraf |
November |
Lyle Gerard |
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Guest Editorials |
This features provides anyone interested in immersion education with an opportunity to voice your thoughts and concerns. |
| Making Math Learning Come Alive: |
May |
Marcie Dunham |
November |
Maureen Curran-Dorsano |
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November |
Kimerly Miller |
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| Top Ten Techno Tips For Immersion Teachers from the ACIE Archives |
May |
John Peacock |
May |
Thomas Robb |
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November |
Gary Leatherman |
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May |
Michael Bacon & Atsuko Ando |
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November |
Angie Loomis |
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May |
Tony Erben |
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February |
Robert Broecker |
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February |
Kimerly Miller |
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CoBaLTT (Content-based Language Teaching Through Technology) |
November |
Marcy Zachmeier-Ruh |
June |
Maureen Curran-Desano |
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December |
Terri Geffert & Laura McManus |
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May |
Gabriela Sweet |
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November |
Greg Anderson |
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May |
Tara W. Fortune |
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Techno Tips |
Technology and second language education are a natural match, as both enable us to explore our multilingual world more directly. In this column, Techno Tips, we highlight successful applications of technology in and around the immersion classroom |
| Ten Reasons to Become an Immersion Teacher in an Indigenous Language |
May |
Keiki K.C. Kawai‘ae‘a |
May |
Mandy Fleming |
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May |
Merrill Swain & Sharon Lapkin |
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Student & Teacher Voices |
Immersion teachers often look to research and experiences of other educators to inform their curriculum planning and instruction. In this feature we hear what students and teachers think about immersion learning and teaching |
| CARLA’s Immersion Education Projects Celebrate Continued Funding Support |
November |
Tara Williams Fortune |
February |
Amy Kalili |
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Immersion Milestones |
As immersion education progresses through its fourth decade in the U.S., schools around the country have much to celebrate. In this occasional feature we join the well-deserved festivities. |