total immersion

a program for second-language acquisition in which all instruction is in the new language and there is minimal use of the individual’s native language. In school-based immersion programs, the second language is incorporated into the teaching of other subjects, with the goal of creating a bilingual classroom. Early immersion refers to programs begun when children are in kindergarten or grade 1 and continued through the rest of elementary school.

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December 23rd 2024

illusion of control

a false belief that external events result from or are governed by one’s own actions or choices. A sports fan who wears the same “lucky” shirt for each home game in order to give his or her team an edge provides an example. See positive illusion. [coined in 1975 by U.S. social and clinical psychologist Ellen Langer (1947– )]