Is two-way immersion education associated with social and intercultural benefits? This book
examines social and intercultural benefits of bilingual or two-way immersion (TWI) schooling in
Staatliche Europa-Schule Berlin (SESB) . The author uses quantitative methods to compare SESB
with mainstream education and identifies a series of statistically significant differences
between the two. These findings contribute to the well-structured argument that SESB programmes
can play a role in promoting social integration and group cohesiveness within schools and
potentially in the wider society. The author also makes a number of recommendations for
stakeholders and policymakers and suggests that SESB may indeed serve as a useful model for
other multilingual areas of Europe.
