Teachers as Mediators in Language Immersion Education

"This book explores the role of teachers as intercultural mediators within language immersion education programs. The authors discuss research conducted on one-way French immersion in New Brunswick, Canada, an officially bilingual province and country. Their discussion is anchored on the Douglas Fir Group framework of second language acquisition, examining the implications of ideologies for language education, curriculum and intercultural instruction. The book offers a revised model of the framework, considering educators' potential role as intercultural mediators between macro-level ideologies, meso-level curricular implementation and their students situated at the micro level"-- Provided by publisher.