Foreign Language Education in the Mid-South: CLIL and Language Immersion

Identifier

217

Author

Anna Mei Siu

Date

2022

Document Type

Honors Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Major

English

Concentration

English as a Second Language

Committee Member

Emily Thrush

Abstract

Current foreign language education and requirements are insufficient and inconsistent with intended goals. An efficient and innovative way of implementing foreign language education without taking away from core subject areas is using Language Immersion or Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) methods to acquire language. Three staff members from a public elementary school in the mid-south are interviewed to provide insight on their Dual Language (DL) program. Results revealed that there is a lack of resources, funding, staffing, and understanding of bilingual education. A survey of over fifty mid-south university students showed that a majority is interested in new methods of foreign language education.

Comments

Undergraduate Honor's Thesis

Library Comment

Honors thesis originally submitted to the Local University of Memphis Honor’s Thesis Repository.

Notes

Data is provided by the student.

Recommended Citation

Siu, Anna Mei, "Foreign Language Education in the Mid-South: CLIL and Language Immersion" (2022). Honors Theses. 135.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/honors_theses/135