Research

This week we had to find to peer-reviewed articles from our Brandman Library. When I knew we were going to do some different research regarding our subject I made sure to attend class, and take down notes. After the teacher explained it in class, it was easy to find the articles in the school library. What was helpful and new to my searching technique, was to make sure and click on the peer reviewed area, and full articles, that narrows down the search fairly quickly. To be honest, the subject I chose has a lot of information that is very useful to me, it makes my research way much easier. What I did learn on this week’s assignment was that the Dual Immersion Program is way more that I thought it was. When I chose this subject, I did so, because that's what I want to teach when I become a teacher. My daughter is in this program, and she is doing very well, she’s even advanced in some subjects. Her first language is Spanish, and Spanish was the majority of her learning material in Kindergarten. So, after I started researching about the dual immersion program, I found out there are studies about this program, there are professionals doing research on the students, and what's beneficial, what works best. Also, the downfalls, if any, what works best with each child, and what to look out for. They take all this information, and make sure it’s what’s best for each individual. It may not seem as if there is much of a difference in a child that grew up speaking Spanish, and one that was taught Spanish in elementary, but there is. That’s what’s professionals are doing research and studies on as well. So, it's way more that simply saying, it's a Dual Immersion Program. There's a lot of background that comes along with it.