Language Immersion Session 1

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Language Immersion Session 1

• Developing language through content-based
  instruction
• Facilitated by Maria Buceta Miller,
• John Stanford International SchoolSeattle, WA
• http//www.seattleschools.org/schools/JohnStanford
  IntlSchool/

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Challenges Opportunities

• Getting resources in the immersion language and
  usable curriculum materials
• Integrating language, content, and culture
• Dealing with expectations for meeting standards
  in content areas in English

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Table Topics

• Teaching Science in immersion
• Teaching Math in immersion
• Teaching Social Studies in immersion
• Making input comprehensible
• Encouraging extended student output
• Developing writing and reading in the immersion
  language
• Reaching state standards in the content areas in
  English