Bilingual Education
Bilingual Education | Bilingual Education: A Historical Overview
Colin Baker is a professor of education in the School of Education at the University of Wales at Bangor. He is the author of numerous books on bilingualism, including Attitudes and Language, A Parents’ and Teachers’ Guide to Bilingualism, the Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education (with Sylvia Prys Jones), and The Care and Education of Young Bilinguals.
Summary: The claim that bilingual education is a modern phenomenon is misplaced. In the United States, bilingual education flourished in the early immigrant settlements of the...
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- Bilingual Education: A Historical Overview
- Bilingual Education Has Led to the Segregation of Non- English-Speaking Students
- Bilingual Education Has Not Inhibited Immigrant Assimilation
- Bilingual Education Harms Non-English- Speaking Students
- Two-Way Bilingual Programs Benefit Both English- and Non-English-Speaking Students
- English-Only Education Should Be Standard in Most Schools
- English-Only Education Ignores Social and Political Realities
- English Immersion Has Led to Higher Test Scores
- English Immersion Has Not Been Proven to Raise Test Scores
- English Should Remain the Primary Language of the United States
- Americans Should Not Fear Language Diversity
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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