Leseverständnis im Englischen und Deutschen und Mathematikleistungen bilingual unterrichteter Schülerinnen und Schüler am Ende der Grundschulzeit: Ergebnisse eines Zwei-Wege-Immersionsprogramms
English and German Reading Comprehension and Mathematics Achievement of Grade 6 Students in Bilingual Education
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| By | Jürgen Baumert, O. Köller, Rainer Lehmann |
| Original language | German |
| Published in | Unterrichtswissenschaft, 40(4) |
| Pages | 290-314 |
| Editor (Publisher) | Springer |
| ISSN | 0340-4099, 2520-873X |
| DOI/Link | http://www.juventa.de/zeitschriften/unterrichtswissenschaft/abstracts/Jahrgang2012/09201204290.html |
| Publication status | Published – 2012 |
| Keywords | two-way immersion, dual immersion, State European Schools in Berlin, language and mathematics achievement in bilingual classrooms, bilingual instruction |
This article examines the outcomes of a two-way immersion program for German- and Englishspeaking students toward the end of elementary schooling in grade 6. The first section gives an overview of the main types of bilingual programs, their theoretical backgrounds, and the current state of research. The second section reports on the outcomes of the dual language program. Overall, the immersion students - whether they were speakers of the majority or the minority language - outperformed their peers in regular monolingual programs in both languages as well as in mathematics, even with careful control for covariates. Students whose first language was English showed relative weaknesses in mathematics, which was taught in German.
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