Amy I. Young
List of John Benjamins publications for which Amy I. Young plays a role.
Articles
2016. Facilitating functional complexity: Differentiated linguistic scaffolding in two-way Spanish-English immersion. Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education 4:2, pp. 251–273
This article reports on a dissertation study that explored the efficacy of language-focused differentiated instruction targeted to facilitate student oral proficiency development. The study took place in a linguistically diverse Grade 3 immersion classroom. Students’ (n = 24) oral proficiency was… read more | Article
2016. 5. Collaborative dialogue in a two-way Spanish/English immersion classroom: Does heterogeneous grouping promote peer linguistic scaffolding?. Peer Interaction and Second Language Learning: Pedagogical potential and research agenda, Sato, Masatoshi and Susan Ballinger (eds.), pp. 135–160
This chapter contributes to the field of language education by comparing peer interaction patterns during homogeneous and heterogeneous (based on language proficiency) small group work in a two-way immersion context. Using Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory as a theoretical framework, researchers… read more | Article