Quotes
  1. ". . . if you look at the world your kid is going to inherit, you'd better think twice about any program that doesn't teach languages early." J. Long, Parent. Learning Together: Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Programs Video

  2. "Our model provides that the teacher stay in one language for instruction. We find that the students then relate the person to the language and then it is easier for them to focus on that person and stay in that language." M. Navarez, Teacher. Learning Together: Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Programs Video

  3. "We don't need to re-teach reading." L. Luporini-Hakmi, Bilingual Resource Teacher. Learning Together: Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Programs Video

  4. ". . .I was concerned that he was not going to learn to read in English first. All my fears have been proven wrong." C. Graham, Parent. Learning Together: Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Programs Video

  5. "Upon entering kindergarten, our children realize that other students who don't speak Spanish are there to learn it." D. Corpus, Parent. Learning Together: Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Programs Video

  6. "There's a much better chance that they'll learn to live together more successfully as they grow up." D. Christian, President, CAL. Learning Together: Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Programs Video

  7. ". . .you learn by doing; where you learn by seeing; where you learn by processes; where you learn by manipulating." G. Grimsley, Teacher. Learning Together: Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Programs Video

  8. "We do not teach language as language. We teach language through content." R. Molina, Principal. Learning Together: Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Programs Video

  9. "They are not behind or at a less advanced level than any other child in any other school. The only difference is, they are doing it with two languages." T. Bishop, Teacher. Learning Together: Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Programs Video

  10. ". . .a mutual respect developed that I don't think would've developed otherwise." W. Schwartz, Parent. Learning Together: Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Programs Video
  1. "It is critical that the minority language be made as strong as it can be within the school curriculum." F. Genesee, Researcher. Learning Together: Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Programs Video

  2. "Go for it! You'll never regret it!" C. Graham, Parent." Learning Together: Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Programs Video

  3. "The immersion program is one of the greatest advantages we have in this country, and if many people unite to support the immersion program, the future of all of our children is brighter." S. Benavides, Parent. Learning Together: Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Programs Video

  4. "There's interaction. The purpose is communication. And celebrating what we do know. We don't focus on our errors at that point." Mary Dorrego, Sixth Grade Bilingual Teacher. Profile of Effective Two-Way Bilingual Teaching: Sixth Grade

  5. "It's another way we can validate their own personal experiences, family and their culture." Mary Dorrego, Sixth Grade Bilingual Teacher. Profile of Effective Two-Way Bilingual Teaching: Sixth Grade

  6. "We teach in English and Spanish. We teach language through content." Mary Dorrego, Sixth Grade Bilingual Teacher. Profile of Effective Two-Way Bilingual Teaching: Sixth Grade

  7. "Always in our planning our objectives are for whatever the subject is . . . but our objective is also the vocabulary that is needed , the linguistic markers that they need in this lesson." Mary Dorrego, Sixth Grade Bilingual Teacher. Profile of Effective Two-Way Bilingual Teaching: Sixth Grade

  8. "Students working together really build and can help each other get to a higher level as far as sophistication of language." Mary Dorrego, Sixth Grade Bilingual Teacher. Profile of Effective Two-Way Bilingual Teaching: Sixth Grade

  9. "The resource of the students is much more valuable than anything I can present to them." Mary Dorrego, Sixth Grade Bilingual Teacher. Profile of Effective Two-Way Bilingual Teaching: Sixth Grade

  10. "You can see in their faces that they feel they're successful in it." Mary Dorrego, Sixth Grade Bilingual Teacher. Profile of Effective Two-Way Bilingual Teaching: Sixth Grade