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Bilingual Education In the context of Melbourne

Bilingual Education In the context of Melbourne. Waed Haddad & Vicki Drozdowski. Overview. Y-chart activity Bilingual education: defined German-English at Bayswater South Primary School French-English at Camberwell Primary School Questions. The Y Chart. Bilingual Education.

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Bilingual Education In the context of Melbourne

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  1. Bilingual EducationIn the context of Melbourne Waed Haddad & Vicki Drozdowski

  2. Overview • Y-chart activity • Bilingual education: defined • German-English at Bayswater South Primary School • French-English at Camberwell Primary School • Questions

  3. The Y Chart

  4. Bilingual Education Bilingual education is when two languages are used to deliver curriculum content (Genesee 2004, cited in Banfi & Rettaroli 2008: 141) Main idea: children learn about the world while acquiring a second language

  5. Models • Total immersion • Partial immersion

  6. Total Immersion • Original model used to improve French amongst Canadian students in the 1960s • 100% instruction in second language • Children learn to read in this language first • Aims:enrichment,i.e. parents value bilingualism, and language maintenance

  7. Partial Immersion • Up to half the subjects are taught in the second language • Literacy is taught in both languages • Aims: normally enrichment, but also maintenance e.g. Footscray Primary School: Vietnamese–English program for maintenance of L1

  8. German-English: Bayswater South Primary School Foundation – Year 6 primary school Partial immersion program: with 30% instruction in German and 70% in English

  9. Both languages: Maths English: theoretical , verbal component German: Applied component which is integrated with design, creativity and technology German only: Science (integrated with DCT) Art German literacy English only: English literacy ICT Music Health and Physical Education Subjects taught in each language

  10. French-English: Camberwell Primary School Camberwell is the first bilingual French school in Victoria. It is partial immersion Foundation – Year 6: 50% of instruction in French and 50% in English

  11. Subjects taught in each language Subjects taught in the two languages: French: Maths (5x50min per week) Science (2x50min per week) French literacy (5x50min per week) English: Art (1x50min per week) PE (1x50min per week) Music (1x50min per week) English (10x50min per week)

  12. Acquiring a second language contextually and through ‘use’

  13. Student Outcomes

  14. Highly contextualized learning environment with objects and gestures Teachers are animated High student engagement Code switching in early stages One-one reporting at end of each lesson: teacher checks for understanding in terms of content and language level Features of the programs

  15. Questions ? How does your understanding of bilingual education now compare with your original thoughts/ideas at the beginning of the presentation?

  16. References Banfi, C & Rettaroli, S 2008, ‘Staff Profiles in Minority and Prestigious Bilingual Education Contexts in Argentina’, in AM de Mejia & C Helot (eds.) Bridging the Gap between Prestigious Bilingualism and the Bilingualism of Minorities, Multilingual Matters,Clevendon, pp. 141-143. ACARA 2011,My School, viewed 10 October 2012, <http://www.myschool.edu.au>.

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