Tara Fortune
List of John Benjamins publications for which Tara Fortune plays a role.
Articles
2016 Academic achievement and language proficiency in early total Mandarin immersion education Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education 4:2, pp. 168–197 | Article
Two types of Mandarin immersion programs for elementary age children are growing in popularity: the early total (90/10) program model and the partial (50/50) model; however, little empirical data exists on student learning in either program type. This paper reports on a multi-year research study of… read more
2014 Bilingual education and at-risk students Language Immersion Education: A research agenda for 2015 and beyond, Tedick, Diane J. and Siv Björklund (eds.), pp. 196–209 | Article
This article reviews research that has examined the linguistic and academic outcomes of at-risk learners in bilingual/immersion programs. Specifically, we review research on at-risk students with: disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds, low levels of academic or general intellectual ability, poor… read more