When used in reference to learning a second language, students spend most of the day speaking, hearing and using the new language including the study of other subjects; can be used for non-English speaking students immersed in English speaking classes or English-speaking students learning another language.
An alternate academic stream offered with honours bachelor's degrees, where a specific number of disciplinary courses must be taken in one's second language (French) with or without a language-learning support component.
In New Zealand, an immersion programme is defined as one where the whole curriculum is provided in a language other than English. A 'full immersion' programme uses the language other than English for more than 80 per cent of the time; a 'part immersion programme' for between 50 per cent and 80 per cent. The school environment reflects the culture and conventions of the immersion language. The New Zealand approach to 'immersion' education is partly modelled on developments in Quebec, Canada, which cater for children of English speakers who want their children to communicate fluently in French.
approach to foreign language instruction in which the regular curriculum is taught in the foreign language.
in the teaching of foreign languages, the practice of communicating only in the language being taught.
a program where the target language is taught 50-100% of the school day and where subject matter is taught and mastered in the target language.
Instructional practice in which students are immersed in a non-native language classroom in order to learn to speak, read, and write in that second language through exposure to conversation and instruction in the second language.