This training is onerous, and the more the country is poor, the less the politics will prioritize the bilingual education. Moreover, for some, teaching and learning a second language has a bad social value, the government and politics will avoid the opening on other cultures, and prioritize the acculturation of their native language because of the attachment people can have with their country, and the fear that the heritage would disappear through the assimilation of another country. An example is summarize the ineffective experience of the bilingualism education, in San Francisco, in the 1970’s, thousands of children who had a foreign language as their native language were assigned to bilingual classes, but the important number of children made things harder, and instead of being put in a class according to child’s need, the repartition was made along with the availability of the teachers, and the disponilility of the class.…
Richard Rodriguez believes that the Americanization of a bilingual child will result in their public gain. “Aria” by Richard Rodriguez is a heart-wrenching piece of writing about the full Americanization of Rodriguez resulting in his native language of Spanish being forgotten and the full submersion into the English language. Many of the events Rodriguez faced in his life are present to many other bilingual students’ today. These events that bilingual students’ are facing will strongly influence their decision on struggling to learn two languages at a young age, stalling the development of one of their languages, or being forced to choose one language or the other in a full assimilation. Rodriguez’s viewpoint is that if you want to make a full…
When I got married I moved to the United States, and I knew zero English. I was a teacher after graduating from school in Mexico, and I wanted to teach in the United States. I got a bilingual teaching assistant job in Idaho Falls, and this experience allowed me to become familiar with teaching in this country. My second experience was in Alaska where I taught with a temporary 1-year certificate.…
After taking two years of Spanish in high school I feel like the reason for not being able to use the language today is because of the time period given. I can't imagine anyone being able to learn another language in two academic years. My teacher in high school was using the repetitive technique as his teaching method but we would focus only on that one particular topic for a few weeks and move on from it, for example the alphabet. In our book it says, "A variety of techniques are important because of limited language capacity "(As cited by Brown and Lee, 2015, p.142). My teacher should have added some different teaching methods into his lessons that would be more beneficial to the student’s retention of the information.…
In today's diverse day and age being bilingual is very helpful and important. Being able to speak spanish opens the door to so many career opportunities. It will help with trade and communication with spanish countries. Job opportunities for example helping people at places that don't speak english will open up. Also becoming a spanish teacher is possible.…
I always had believed that the decisions politicians made on bilingual education were based more than just linguistic barriers, and even when sociological and psychological studies have also conducted the outcome of these policies is still very weak and in that also very consistent. I never understood why teachers were constantly observed by superintendents and principals. Now it's beginning to make sense. I never truly connected politics, their policies, and bilingual education, until now. I realized in the chapters we read not only in this class unit but in other courses I'm currently taking as well.…
Being bilingual is a great characteristic to have, however achieving it is not as simple as one would think. For instance, immigrant children from the South who cross the border into the United States with their parents have the opportunity to learn how to speak English when they are enrolled in a school in the United States, and can be put in an academic enrichment program to help improve this skill. However, learning the translated version of the curriculum of a non-bilingual student can be harder to evaluate or establish any real connections for a bilingual student who is now reading about situations that he or she have not encountered throughout its life. Sandra Osorio has become that teacher who helps immigrant children learn English…
The United States, contrary to popular belief, does not have an official language. Although English is the de facto language of the United States, the Constitution makes "no reference to choice of a national language" (Heath, 1995, p.179). This tolerance of foreign languages, along with mass immigration, has enriched the linguistic diversity in the United States. Not surprisingly, this diversity has also made multilingual education an important component of American schooling—most American high schools and universities require students to learn a foreign language. Scholars and educators have promoted several methods for language instruction, two of which are immersion and bridging.…
Language, an everyday form of communication throughout history, has significant effects on the perceptions and viewpoints of the world, whether it relates to time, direction or patterns of life. Furthermore, with the spread of languages across the globe and more than half of earth’s six billion people speaking more than one language, bilingualism remains one of the most quintessential skills in the development of the world. However, the influence of bilingualism and the role it plays in this development is often overlooked by modern societies or governments. Historically, it has been assumed that one language must suffice or is best for the entire population of a country. However, recent research and studies on bilingualism demonstrate the…
PRESERVING BILINGUAL SCHOOL IN INDONESIA Do you think that learning foreign language is important? How about entering the children to bilingual school? Will it increase their second language ability? In fact, there were many researchers and experts had been discussed about the effectiveness and ineffectiveness of bilingual education.…
Now that I am older and more enlightened, although I don’t agree to the term, nor the premise it stands on I have a better understanding of why I was perceived in that manner. Not only was I shunned from the popular black kids, I was bullied by them as well. My white friends, and my neighborhood brothers were my safe haven. They didn’t judge me nor treat me differently.…
Studies concerning deficits or benefits of bilingualism have been researched for many years. Early studies from the 1920’s era, which had poor designs, caused people to believe that teaching children to be bilingual and or just being bilingual led to great cognitive deficits that were highly detrimental linguistically and cognitively (Hakuta et al., 1985). Later studies recognized the faults in the prior studies and attempted many different methods to try correct issues with methodology as well as maintain better balance with subjects that was lacking in the early research. Hakuta and Diaz (1985) pointed out many studies that showed that bilingual children focused more on semantic differences with words than how they sound as well as differences…
With the rising amount of immigrants coming to the United States, all of which who speak a multitude of languages, conflicting beliefs and policies regarding language has greatly influenced legislation and judicial actions. (Diaz-Rico, 2014). Congress and the state and federal courts have supported bilingual education and provided legal protections for the rights of non-English- speaking students around the United States. However, according to the Florida Department of Education, the state of Florida was in need of the Consent decree in order to comply with the federal and state laws regarding the education of English language learners (ELL) or English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). The laws included the Title VI and VII Civil Rights Act…
Swain and Lapkin discovered that the most effective method was the early immersion bilingual program. One of the concerns of the study was whether the early immersion students would retain the information from the subjects taught in French as well as those taught in English. Testing results suggested there was no difference in understanding between the subjects taught in the different languages; however, the students introduced to the language later did show a difference in understanding of the subject matter (Swain and Lapkin 33). Furthermore, the late emersion students and those with limited exposure to the language showed a much weaker proficiency in the French as a second language. These results suggest that an early introduction to a language the better understanding of the language and the subjects being taught; however, the researchers disclosed the lack of ability to accurately judge the results due to the variables affecting the students enrolled in the different programs.…
I love that this reading addressed one of the things that came up in another discussion board previously: the fact that we hold students to a grammatical standard without simultaneously teaching what that means. The text says, “Language issues beyond simple ‘grammar’ correction are not addressed extensively even when the assessment of student texts is based at least partly on students’ proficiency in the privileged variety of English… [students are] being held accountable for what is not being taught” (p. 640). This applied heavily to our own ENG 101, ENG 102, or ENG 105 classes where students aren’t required to look at any teaching on grammar (It’s optional, but does making that available absolve us from teaching it?), but they are held to…