Secondary School Dual Language Immersion: Mandarin Chinese in the Utah Model

This book examines the effectiveness of dual language immersion programs in secondary schools through analysis of the views of teachers, parents and students, classroom interactions and learners’ narrative development. Highlighting weaknesses in the curriculum, it advocates for inclusion of heritage language maintenance as a goal of these programs.

Ko-Yin Sung is Professor of Chinese at Utah State University, USA. Her research explores Chinese language teaching and learning, dual language immersion and language identities.