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Bilingual immersion is one of the
three keystones of the school, and is
fundamental to who we are. Head of
Middle School, Dr. Maureen McCoy
examined the meaning and merits
of bilingualism in the first Keystone
Education Salon of the academic year
on 25 August 2016. With over three
decades of experience in teaching and
education administration, Dr. McCoy is
a language acquisition specialist who
earned her doctoral degree with a
dissertation on Teachers’ Experiences
with English Language Learners’
Difficulty with Mastering Academic
Literacy. This special report is extracted
from Dr. McCoy’s address at the salon
titled, ‘Pa tterns and Practices in English
Language Acquisition.’
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