Bilingual Education: Building Bridges

Bilingual education as an educational program was originally promoted by educators in the 1970s (Hungry for Memory 26), and has since been debated in the United States since then. Some people think that bilingual education will only harm American culture. Others believe that bilingual education is beneficial for those who want to come to the United States and want to be part of the culture but lack the English skills. Both authors took the opposite position from Richard Rodriguez and Ariel Dorffman in the US bilingual educational debate.

Bilingual education is aimed at building a bridge to master mother tongue and English. Many children did not cross the bridge. Usually, in the second year or the third year, students are not fluent in both languages. Many students enrolled in kindergartens are bilingual and / or indirect bilingual. At the same time, bilingual is a student who acquires both languages ​​simultaneously as the first language. Environmental bilingual is a student whose parents emigrate to acquire a second language (Valdez and Figueroa, 1996)

Migratory bilingual education is an educational theory based on reading comprehension in native language to support reading in second language. Bilingual education is the result of the 1968 bilingual education law. The foundation of the student 's mother tongue is useful for learning English. Migratory bilingual education is designed so that students can move to English-only classes as soon as possible. Transient bilingual education will provide mother tongue education within 3 years to ensure that students do not get lost in mathematics, science and sociology. This comprehensive education makes it easier for students to transition to mainstream

In the transitional bilingual education program, children who are not proficient in English teach several subjects in their mother tongue. Other subjects are taught in English. Bilingual education was originally a transient course, but in some cases you may stay longer in the course. The bilingual bilingual program is also known as bilingual or bilingual dipping program, using two teachers in one classroom. Course content of this course is available in English and other languages. This bilingual education program is thought to be able to teach English effectively for students other than English.