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ERIC Number: EJ528256
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Toward a Community-Based Transition to a Yup'ik First Language (Immersion) Program with ESL Component.
Hartley, Elizabeth A.; Johnson, Pam
Bilingual Research Journal, v19 n3-4 p571-85 Sum-Fall 1995
In the small Alaskan village of Manokotak, the community participated in the school's shift from an "English submersion" program to Yup'ik immersion plus ESL. Discusses community involvement and participative planning, first-year goals, scheduling of instructional time in each language, staff development, materials development, cultural relevance versus competency based education, student evaluation, and problems during the change process. (SV)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Community Involvement, Educational Change, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Eskimos, Immersion Programs, Native Language Instruction, Program Development, School Community Relationship, Yupik
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Southwest Region School District AK; Transitional Bilingual Education Programs
Note: Theme issue: "The ESL Component of Bilingual Education in Practice."