Immersion Education - Lessons from a Minority Language Context

This book offers a detailed account of the success of young immersion learners of Irish in becoming competent speakers of the minority language. The results highlight the limitations of an immersion system and will help immersion educators to gain a greater understanding of how young immersion learners learn and acquire the target language.

A propos de l'auteur

Pádraig Ó Duibhir is Deputy Dean and Professor of Education, Dublin City University Institute of Education, Ireland. He has worked as an immersion teacher and now researches teacher education and second language teaching, with a particular interest in the teaching of Irish as a subject and as a medium of instruction.

Résumé

This book offers a detailed account of the success of young immersion learners of Irish in becoming competent speakers of the minority language. The results highlight the limitations of an immersion system and will help immersion educators to gain a greater understanding of how young immersion learners learn and acquire the target language.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: P¿aig ¿Duibhir, Padraig Duibhir, Padraig O Duibhir, Padraig O. Duibhir, Padraig O Duibhir, Pádraig Ó Duibhir
• Edition: Multilingual Matters
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781783099832
• ISBN: 978-1-78309-983-2
• Pages: 216
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 16 mm
• Poids: 493 g
• Thèmes: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism; Bilingual Education & Bilingua; Bilingual Education & Bilingua; Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Autres langues / Autres littératures