If your goal is to become fluent in another language, many times total immersion is the best practice. However, this is not the case for young recent immigrants in public schools because they also must become proficient in the subject matter of instruction. This is where bilingual education comes in.
Bilingual education and its […]
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Bilingual Education in the U.S.
06Aug08Last week’s blog post focused on the English Only movement and its proponents who want to make English the nation’s official language. Their hard-line approach, which many feel attempts to negate the benefits of a multilingual society, is countered by the English Plus movement.
Those who support English Plus encourage second-language acquisition for immigrants and citizens […]
No one can deny that immigration is one of the hottest topics in the U.S. today, especially as we are poised to elect a new president. Often those who seek to limit immigration and combat illegal immigration use language about “invasion” and stridently oppose the “press one for English, press two for Spanish” phenomenon as […]
