Editing Language immersion (section)

=== United States ===
In the United States and since the 1980s, dual immersion programs have grown for a number of reasons: competition in a global economy, a growing population of second-language learners, and the successes of previous programs.<ref name="Freeman3">Freeman, Yvonne (2005). Dual Language Essentials For Teachers and Administrators. Heinemann: Portsmouth, NH, 2005</ref> Language immersion classes can now be found throughout the US, in urban and suburban areas, in dual-immersion and single-language immersion, and in an array of languages. As of May 2005, there were 317 dual immersion programs in US elementary schools, providing instruction in 10 languages, and 96% of those programs were in Spanish.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Bilingual Education & Bilingualism S. : Language and Identity in a Dual Immersion School|last=Potowski|first=Kim|publisher=Multilingual Matters|year=2007|isbn=9781853599446|location=Clevedon, GB}}</ref>

==== Hawaii {{anchor|Hawai'i}} ====
{{See also|Hawaiian language#Hawaiian in schools}}
The 1970s marked the beginning of bilingual education programs in Hawaii. The Hawaiian Language Program was geared to promote cultural integrity by emphasizing native-language proficiency through heritage language bilingual immersion instruction. By 1995, there were 756 students enrolled in the Hawaiian Language Immersion Program from K to 8. The program was taught strictly in Hawaiian until Grades 5 and 6, when English was introduced as the language of instruction for one hour per day. The Hawaiian Language immersion Program is still in effect today for K-12. With an emphasis on language revival, Hawaiian is the main medium of instruction until Grade 5, when English is introduced but does not usurp Hawaiian as the main medium of instruction.<ref name=":3">Pacific Policy Research Center. 2010. [http://www.ksbe.edu/_assets/spi/pdfs/Bilingual_Immersion_full.pdf Successful Bilingual and Immersion Education Models/Programs]. Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools, Research & Evaluation Division</ref>