Tara Fortune
List of John Benjamins publications in which Tara Fortune is involved.
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… 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