The implementation of effective dual-language programs

Authors

  • Barbara Muszynska Universidad de Córdoba
  • Mª Elena Gómez Parra Universidad de Córdoba

Keywords:

evaluation, implementation, dual-language education programs, MMR

Abstract

This research investigates the ways of implementing dual-language programs and the schools’ internal procedures of evaluating them. Previous studies have examined the effectiveness of bilingual programs (Genovesee et al. 2005; Howard et al. 2005; Krashen 2004). However, there is little still known about schools’ procedures that systematize the organizational aspect of such programs. The Mixed Methods Research (MMR) approach was applied in this study to analyze data collected through questionnaires, interviews, and case studies. The results of the study were combined and interpreted together. They bore out that the schools that have not introduced an effective internal evaluation system need institutional support in the form of practical publications / guides, referring to the organization of such programs, as well as in-house teacher and management training. There are often no forms of such training or resources available. This calls for improvement.

DOI: 10.20420/rlfe.2015.0014

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Author Biographies

Barbara Muszynska, Universidad de Córdoba

Barbara Muszyńska, MD, is a lecturer at the Faculty of Education at University of Lower Silesia in Wroclaw, Poland. She is the head of the EFL and EAP programme at the Faculty of Education. She is responsible for the quality of the teaching programme. She also teaches English, CLIL and Methodology of Teaching English to Younger Learners in Teacher Education. In 2012 she started her PhD program at the University of Cordoba in Spain. Her research was done in chosen schools in Europe and concerned the tools used for evaluation of bilingual education programs.

Mª Elena Gómez Parra, Universidad de Córdoba

Mª Elena Gómez Parra, PhD, is Lecturer of English at the Department of English and German Philology at the University of Córdoba, Spain. She also holds an MD in Distance Education. Her research lines focus on bilingual and intercultural education. She teaches CLIL and English in Teacher Education (English) and Intercultural Communication and Academic Writing at Master’s Level. She has enjoyed some research stays in the USA (Univ. of Berkeley; Bowdoin College) and the UK (University of Manchester). She has coordinated the English and German sections in the Language Centre of the University of Córdoba (2000-2006) and she has been the Ass. Dean for International Affairs at the Faculty of Education (2006-2014).

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2015-11-25

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Muszynska, B., & Gómez Parra, M. E. (2015). The implementation of effective dual-language programs. Revista De Lenguas Para Fines Específicos, 21(2), 114–138. Retrieved from https://ojsspdc.ulpgc.es/ojs/index.php/LFE/article/view/396

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