Objective: To explore the effect of the problem-based learning (PBL) bilingual teaching model in clinical probation of gynecology and obstetrics. Method: Students in grade 2013 and grade 2014 in the gynecology and obstetrics department were enrolled in this study. 37 students in grade 2013 received a lesson taught using the traditional bilingual teaching model, in which the teacher leads the co...

A Comparison in Reading Ability and Achievement between Mono-Lingual and Bilingual Fifth Graders Y. Adib, Ph.D. Z. Sharifi N. Mahmoodi To  compare both the reading ability and academic achievement among Farsi speaking mono-lingual fifth graders and their bilingual Aazari and Kordi counterparts, three samples of 153, 132, and 145 (total 430) such students from three cities o...

More and more colleges have recognized the importance of bilingual teaching in improvement students' capability to integrate the specialized knowledge with the foreign language. Bilingual teaching courses have been designed to enhance the innovation of high education and improve the culture quality of students. Genetics is one of the most important courses for undergraduate students majored in ...

The effects of bilingual education on reading and math achievement were examined by comparing test scores across different elementary-school programs. Results revealed that bilingual Two-Way Immersion programs benefited both minority-language and majority-language students. Minority-language students in Two-Way Immersion outperformed their peers in Transitional Programs of Instruction, while ma...

In present China, bilingual teaching, as an education model, can meet an urgent demand for increasing interdisciplinary talents who have high levels of professional knowledge as well as competent foreign language abilities to deal with the ever-increasing global social, economic, scientific and technological exchanges, and international cooperation. Bilingual teaching is now developing fast in ...

The Chinese-English bilingual teaching in the circuit course is an important approach to foster innovational talents for the electronic industry in the new century. In this article, we analyze the background, applicability and feasibility of bilingual teaching in the course of circuit and the difficulties facing in the process of implementation. We explore various approaches and methods to over...

PURPOSE To characterize the performance of Brazilian students exposed to two languages in reading fluency, phonological memory, and rapid naming, according to grade level, and to investigate correlations between these variables. METHODS Sixty students took part in this study (50% female), enrolled in the third to the fifth grades of two elementary schools of the city of São Paulo. They consti...

Previous research has emphasized the importance of language for learning mathematics. This is especially true when mathematical problems have to be extracted from a meaningful context, as in arithmetic word problems. Bilingual learners with a low command of the instructional language thus may face challenges when dealing with mathematical concepts. At the same time, speaking two languages can b...