Education Vs Bilingual Education Essay

English Immersion vs Bilingual Education Does America have an official language? America is a big bowl of vegetable soup, a nation of immigrations. One language is needed to connect the people, structure, and function of the USA; that language is English. The Immigration Act of 1990 limits 416,000 to 675,000 annual immigrants a year, but there are many illegal immigrants that come to the USA each year (dhs.gov). Now think, how many of those people can speak fluent English? Not even 25 percent! Along with that, how will these people going to communicate with citizens of the United States and get along with their lives. There is a high possibility that one and a quarter or half of that population could be children. Those children will have the right to free public education. The English language is considered to be the “official” language of United States, so the immigrant children should be taught in English at school because they will learn English faster, it would be easier to fit into society, and the government will save money. Schools are created to teach students between K-12, the in’s and out’s of the society. The immigrant children should be taught in English at school so they can learn the public language easily However, in bilingual programs by third grade converts “75 percent of their …show more content…
English is the mainly used language so only English education would be beneficial; creating a better society for the children while saving money. There are thousands of legal and illegal immigrants coming from all around the world and not even half know English fluently. They won’t be able to get a decent job and most likely will not be able to communicate properly. Those immigrants will have children, if they don 't get English only education they will follow their parents routes. So critical to teach in only English to improve lives of immigrant and also for the economy of the United