YES on Prop 58!
“To have another language is to possess a second soul” (Charlemagne). There are plenty of reasons for someone to learn second language that will benefit his or her personal and professional life. As a state consist of diverse population with many languages spoken, California and every aspect of its multicolored life is profoundly influenced by that richness.
But sometimes in this multicolored state, depending on many things including the political climate, social interactions, tension among the people and even the reelection of politicians, can arose issues such as how the English Language Learners should be taught and what language should be used for instructions,. The Prop 58 is proposed to repeal the Prop 227, which was proposed …show more content…
First, it gives the parents and the specialists in the field of education a right to have control and to choose the best educational approach for each student. The proposal gives the opportunity to the people of the community to have voice and right of choice. It is democratic in the way how it approaches and considers the diversity among the students. Besides considering the fact that the students are diverse in the way how they learn, it also considers and allows the Anglo family children to learn foreign language, which according to Senator Unz is the main reason for the Prop 58 (interview on the KQED). Second, as it is stated by Senator Ricardo Lara on the radio program with Michael Montgomery on the KQED Public Radio, the schools in wealthy parts of the state have dual immersion programs. And as he states, it is unfair and undemocratic to do not allow public schools to have such programs or at least to do not give them the right to decide about what kind of program is appropriate for their students. The immigrant students whose parents are from the working or low income class should also be allowed to learn second and even third language, but not to forget their mother language, which is a personal and societal treasure. Third, only the professionals are people who know what kind of approaches are better and should …show more content…
Fist, as the Senator Lara on the radio program points out “the only one fits program” (Senator Ricardo Lara, 2016), is not appropriate for all students. “Spanish-dominant students learn English faster and better in classrooms that include Spanish-language instruction, according to a 2006 National Literacy Panel report.” states K. Korducki in her article on NPR. The students are diverse in their abilities, so the problem is not simple to be resolved with only one solution. As multilayered issue, it requires modernization through research. The Senator Lara also expresses that the study results “countered this only English notion.”(Senator Ricardo Lara, 2016). Another source that states the positive results of bilingual education, is the research made by a cognitive neuroscientist, Ellen Bialysto. In the article “The Bilingual Advantage” published in the New York Times on 2011, Claudia Dreifus shares the results of the Bialysto’s research that show how “the executive control system” (Dreifus, New York Times, 2011) of the of the brains of the bilingual children work more effectively and give them beneficial cognitive abilities,” The bilinguals, we found, manifested a cognitive system with the ability to attend to important information and ignore the less important.”(Dreifus, New York Times, 2011). But this not the only advantage, there is more.
“To have another language is to possess a second soul” (Charlemagne). There are plenty of reasons for someone to learn second language that will benefit his or her personal and professional life. As a state consist of diverse population with many languages spoken, California and every aspect of its multicolored life is profoundly influenced by that richness.
But sometimes in this multicolored state, depending on many things including the political climate, social interactions, tension among the people and even the reelection of politicians, can arose issues such as how the English Language Learners should be taught and what language should be used for instructions,. The Prop 58 is proposed to repeal the Prop 227, which was proposed …show more content…
First, it gives the parents and the specialists in the field of education a right to have control and to choose the best educational approach for each student. The proposal gives the opportunity to the people of the community to have voice and right of choice. It is democratic in the way how it approaches and considers the diversity among the students. Besides considering the fact that the students are diverse in the way how they learn, it also considers and allows the Anglo family children to learn foreign language, which according to Senator Unz is the main reason for the Prop 58 (interview on the KQED). Second, as it is stated by Senator Ricardo Lara on the radio program with Michael Montgomery on the KQED Public Radio, the schools in wealthy parts of the state have dual immersion programs. And as he states, it is unfair and undemocratic to do not allow public schools to have such programs or at least to do not give them the right to decide about what kind of program is appropriate for their students. The immigrant students whose parents are from the working or low income class should also be allowed to learn second and even third language, but not to forget their mother language, which is a personal and societal treasure. Third, only the professionals are people who know what kind of approaches are better and should …show more content…
Fist, as the Senator Lara on the radio program points out “the only one fits program” (Senator Ricardo Lara, 2016), is not appropriate for all students. “Spanish-dominant students learn English faster and better in classrooms that include Spanish-language instruction, according to a 2006 National Literacy Panel report.” states K. Korducki in her article on NPR. The students are diverse in their abilities, so the problem is not simple to be resolved with only one solution. As multilayered issue, it requires modernization through research. The Senator Lara also expresses that the study results “countered this only English notion.”(Senator Ricardo Lara, 2016). Another source that states the positive results of bilingual education, is the research made by a cognitive neuroscientist, Ellen Bialysto. In the article “The Bilingual Advantage” published in the New York Times on 2011, Claudia Dreifus shares the results of the Bialysto’s research that show how “the executive control system” (Dreifus, New York Times, 2011) of the of the brains of the bilingual children work more effectively and give them beneficial cognitive abilities,” The bilinguals, we found, manifested a cognitive system with the ability to attend to important information and ignore the less important.”(Dreifus, New York Times, 2011). But this not the only advantage, there is more.