This book offers a detailed account of the success of young immersion learners of Irish in becoming competent speakers of the minority language. The results highlight the limitations of an immersion system and will help immersion educators to gain a greater understanding of how young immersion learners learn and acquire the target language.

This book discusses multiple aspects of Chinese dual language immersion programs, focusing on the Utah model. Themes include how to build a supportive classroom, the views of those involved, teacher identities, strategy use, corrective feedback, Chinese-character teaching, and the translanguaging phenomenon.

This book introduces readers to the first publicly funded, two-way bilingual program in the United States, Coral Way Elementary School. It provides an accurate, clear and accessible examination of the program, its historical, social and political origins, its successes and its relevance for future bilingual programs.