Types of TWIs
Two-Way Immersion/Bilingualism
California TWI Facts
TWI Program Criteria
100
The partner language is used most or all of the day in the primary grades, and all students learn to read in the partner language first.
What is the Full Immersion Program or 90/10 Model
100
Term that refers to second language taught that is not English.
What is partner language.
100
66 and 107
What is the total number of districts and the amount of schools that qualify as TWI schools in California.
100
50%
What is the very least amount of instruction during the day that is to be given in the partner language of a TWI school.
200
Program that separates students from each language group for part of the day for formal literacy instruction, so that students learn to read in their primary language.
What is the "Differentiated" Model.
200
Hypothesis: “Across the grade levels, as students became more proficient in both languages, the correlation between reading achievement in English and Spanish increased”
What is the Interdependence Hypothesis.
200
33%
What is the reported percentage of California's TWI programs that have 100% bilingual staff.
200
School with instruction solely in English; not eligible to become a TWI school.
What is One-Way Immersion.
300
The partner language and English are used equally throughout the program, and students learn to read in both English and the partner language.
What is the Partial Immersion Program or the 50/50 Model.
300
How TWI schools go about when enrolling students.
What is roughly equal number of native English speakers and native speakers of the partner language.
300
Most programs (63%) are ___________ dominant.
minority-language
300
Language-minority and language-majority students are integrated for at least 50% of instructional time at all grade levels
What is Integration.
400
Subjects taught in both English and Spanish with two teachers in every classroom on alternate days, periods, or semesters.
What is the Oyster Experiment.
400
Opportunity that all students have in a TWI program.
What is to be both first language models and second language learners.
400
19% (the highest in the U.S)
What is the percentage of middle and high school TWI programs in California.
400
Content and literacy instruction in English and the partner language is provided to all students, and all students receive instruction in the partner language at least 50% of the instructional day.
What is Instruction.
500
Students are taught in English in the morning and Spanish in the afternoon. Music, art, and physical education classes are conducted in English.
What is the Key School.
500
The three types of TWI programs.
What are Full Immersion (90/10 Model), Partial Immersion (50/50 Model), and the Differentiated Model.
500
The percentage of programs that use the minority language to introduce literacy instruction to all children.
What is 53%.
500
Within the program, there is a balance of language-minority and language-majority students, with each group making up between one-third and two-thirds of the total student population.
What is Population.