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Show 48 Chad L. Roberts college of humanities Language immersion programs from thirteen elementary schools within the United States were examined in a comparative analysis. This comparative analysis revealed trends and patterns associated with the pro-grams concerning program history, program type, allocation of program resources, and the methods used to connect state curriculum expectations with the use of non-English educational materials. Language immersion programs within elementary schools began in Canada in the 1960's and has since spread and grown rapidly within the United States. Over half of the growth of German language immer-sion has been seen since the year 2000 and it is expected to see have developed to use two main teaching styles: Partial Immersion and Full Immersion. A total of nine German language immersion programs within the United States utilize the Partial Immersion instructional model. With this instructional model part of the day is taught only using German and the rest of the day is devoted solely to English language use. Partial immersion is the Nearly half of the partial immersion programs studied utilized the 50/50 partial immersion instructional model. A total of four German language immersion programs within the United States utilize a total immersion instructional model. These institutions utilize German throughout the entire day to teach curriculum. The study of the allocation of program resources found that almost all of the public institutions which utilize German language immersion cost less per pupil in the classroom to operate compared with the average spent per pupil within the United States. This along with the added benefits of bilingualism, multiculturalism, cognitive benefits, and higher than average test scores of language immersion students provide evidence of the effectiveness of German language immersion. GERMAN LANGUAGE IMMERSION IN THE UNITED STATES Chad L. Roberts (Johanna Watzinger-Tharp) Department of Languages and Literature University of Utah UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ABSTRACTS |