Bilingual Education

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Bilingual Education

• By Carla Morales
• ISTC 201.240

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Bilingual Education

• Is the use of two or more languages of
  instruction in connection with teaching courses.

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Bilingual is Renamed

• In California English Language Learning
• President Bush English Language Acquisition

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History of Bilingual Education

• Originated in Canada in the 1970s
• English speaking citizens would learn French
• (English Immersion)
• To get good grades in school

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The United States( History Cont.)

• The Bilingual Education Act passed in1968 and was
  reformed in 1974(provided federal funds to school
  districts for the instructions in languages
  other than English).

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The Goals of Bilingual Education

• Primary goals of bilingual education are
• Cognitive and Effective Development learning of
  second language and language instruction.
• Linguistic Growth amount of language used in the
  community, media, technology and home.
• Culture Maintenance parental participation in
  classroom

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Types of Bilingual Education

• English Immersion The instruction is entirely
  in English. Teacher provide lesson in basic
  English so students learn English and academic
  subjects.
• English as a Second Language is almost the same
  as immersion, but also include support to
  students in their native tongue. Classes include
  students who speak many different languages but
  are not fluent in English.

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Types of Bilingual Educ. (continue)

• Transitional Bilingual Education instruction for
  some subjects is in the students native language
  but in certain amount of day is spent on
  developing English skill.
• Two-way Bilingual Education instruction is given
  in two languages to students, usually in the same
  classroom, who may be dominant in one language or
  the other, with the goal of students becoming
  proficient in both languages.

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Concern in Bilingual Education

• Assessment process results in a bilingual
  student Students may be misdiagnosed as
  requiring special education when they are
  students with normal learning ability who are
  simply limited in English proficiency. This is
  due to their inability to meet the expectation
  established by the educational system.

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Survey in Bilingual Programs

• General School Population from
• 1990-1991
• 12 increase
• English-language-learners population same year
• 105 increase
• From 2000-2001
• 4 million students with
  limited proficiency in English enrolled 10

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Future of Bilingual Education

• Proposition 227 in California
• Proposition 203 in Arizona
• Massachusetts

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The Objective of Bilingual Education

• The objective of Bilingual Education is to make
  sure that students would not fall behind
  academically because of poor understanding of the
  English Language.

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