Article
Bilingual Education for Global Citizenship: Creating an Integrated Language/Culture Curriculum for Mandarin/English Students
Human Organization
(2015)
Abstract
The rapid expansion of K-8 Mandarin/English bilingual programs in United States public schools presents both serious educational challenges and a timely opportunity for anthropologists to engage in important curricular research and development. This article describes a long-term project that began with ethnographic research on cultural instruction in diverse Mandarin/English bilingual programs followed by collaborative work with K-8 Chinese teachers to develop an innovative, age appropriate, integrated language/culture curricular framework that enhances language proficiency while addressing issues of student motivation and retention.
Disciplines
Publication Date
February 23, 2015
Citation Information
Sharon A. Carstens. "Bilingual Education for Global Citizenship: Creating an Integrated Language/Culture Curriculum for Mandarin/English Students" Human Organization Vol. 74 Iss. 1 (2015) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sharon_carstens/40/