Bilingual education

What does bilingual mean? It means having the ability to speak two languages. In the passage Aria, by Richard Rodriguez, it focuses on the author’s life in which he came from Mexico, whose family decided to adopt English as their main language. This story has impacted me because my situation when I arrived in America is somewhat similar to that of Rodriguez life. Learning English isn’t easy especially when a person is new to the country. I think it’s better if bilingual education wasn’t taught…

their lives. When I arrived, I did not know English aside from a few words my parents were always encouraging me to learn and speak English properly without forgetting Spanish. I was placed in a bilingual class for most of elementary school learning to read and write in my native language. Becoming a bilingual…

In my Education for Social Change in the United States (EDU 300) class, we have learned so many things about the roots of some issues our society still facing today. In this class, there had been many answers to the questions I thought couldn’t be answered, because I used to think that things just happen. There are two important lessons that will stay in my mind thanks to this class. The first one is that we, all, in a way or another have privileges and the second one is that there is no justice…

language at home or have Hispanic heritage. According to the Education Council of Large Cities in Washington, this percentage means that about one in every five students in school districts will need a bilingual teacher.…

Lesson Plan for Learners with Limited English Proficiency and Severe Disabilities Name: ‘’’’ Date: Content/Grade: 6-8 Preparation Length 1 hour State Standard Common Core State Standards Lesson Objectives 1. Teach students new vocabularies about body parts. 2. Teach students how to describe the parts of the human body through making specific connections/linkages between what the students knows and new knowledge Preparations • Gather as Supplies to create a Print rich…

Education Gap In the United States, education gap is a real problem for many minority students. We live in a multicultural society with various ideas about what success means and not every child is encouraged to pursue higher education, some students have a cultural mentality that varies from the rest. Education can easily become overwhelming for foreigners because of the diverse cultures, different ethnicities, and languages. Language is a barrier to some students who do not even know English…

“The Bilingual Education Act was in acted as an amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. The goals of this program was to help educate Spanish speaking children in the late 1960’s. Activist argued for the use of bilingualism in schools pointing out the high dropout rates of Spanish…

The case of Lau v Nichols involved non-English-speaking students of Chinese ancestry in the San Francisco, CA school district. Of the 2,800 non-English-speaking students, about 1,800 did not receive specialized English language learning instruction (Summary of Lau v Nichols 1974). This prompted the students not receiving additional English instruction to file a class-action suit against the officials of the San Francisco School District (Summary of Lau v Nichols 1974). Both the district court…

When instructing Emergent Bilinguals, we talked about how challenging academic work that promotes deep disciplinary knowledge and encourage higher level thinking is the key to success. Having these emerging bilinguals practice complex thinking, helps them learn deeper about the information and encode the details they are taught. Social justice refers to recognizing and acting upon the potential we have for making positive changes, something teachers do every day. One way teachers can be…

Question 1: Republicanism, according to the presentation on History of Education is, “The foundation for the main purposes of civic education.” In other words, republicanism is the base for the purposes of public schools. Thomas Jefferson advocated for republicanism. The purpose of republicanism was to educate people so that they could vote intelligently and so that people could understand the republic and how it works. Jefferson created a bill called, “Bill for the More General Diffusion of…