Background Information

This week's assignment was new to me. This is my second semester at Brandman, therefore, I had no idea how to start looking for information on the web. When I first started looking for information on the dual immersion program, I did what I was taught in class. I am new to the google domain search, and I found it really helpful and way easier to use, I feel like I'm smarter now when I search for information. Last semester I tried using the Leatherby Library e-books, I was lost as soon as I opened the page. When I used the Leatherby Library the second time, following the instructions from class, I was amazed by how much information there was for me. If I hadn't been taught how to search for information, I would have never been able to figure it out on my own. I have never used the CRAAP test before, I didn't know what it was to be honest. It was pretty cool to apply it to the articles I looked up, I had never done that before. There were only two that didn't pass my CRAAP test. I learned that the dual immersion program is important to many people in the school system. Not only do they need to make sure it’s beneficial and make sure every child excels in this program, as well as to make sure the children don’t fall behind. The brain of a bilingual child, as young as seven months, can adjust better to environmental changes, compared to the brain of an older child. The bilingual brain shows increased attention, focus, cognition, and executive function. This is important information, that proves that a child’s brain is an open door, for more than one language. There are many areas in this program, I would like to search the benefits from this program and how schools apply it in the classrooms.