Bilingual education is unquestionably a controversial issue. There are several people and organizations in this country‚ who‚ for various reasons are opposed to bilingual education. In today’s society regarding education there has been a big issue about whether bilingual education should be taught in classrooms for immigrant students who do not speak English. Bilingual education began about 1967 as an effort to help immigrants‚ (mostly Spanish speakers) to learn English (Hoover‚ Bilingual Education
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Is Bilingual Education an effective way for our students to be learning in our schools today? This is a question that has been asked in this country for many years. It has been an issue of controversy for many years. Many people believe that Bilingual Education is a modern day issue that has recently been a focus point in our country. Bilingual Education and all of its components has been a part of our education system for over 100 years and since then the battle of how to teach it and what the effects
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Mathematics is a cause of alarm to the Philippine educational system. Many studies have shown that there are actually many factors affecting achievement in Mathematics and one of these is the language factor. The mandate of a Bilingual Education Policy of the Department of Education Culture and Sports (DECS) which took effect in 1974‚ states that English should be the medium of instruction in teaching Science and Mathematics in the elementary and secondary schools. The policy requires that Filipino should
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Education quality in Indonesia has been increasing by year. It is because the government was set several regulations to increase education quality such as minimum quantity of passed students‚ higher minimum qualification value and so on. Some schools which are in towns or cities‚ the government set them to be National Standard Schools (Sekolah Standar Nasional) even International Standard Schools (Sekolah Standar Internasional). Nowadays‚ some national or international standard schools are applying
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primary dialects of the language‚ there is a divergent‚ highly codified superposed variety‚ the vehicle of a large and respected body of written literature‚ either of an early period or in another speech community‚ which is learned largely by formal education and is used for most written and formal spoken purposes but is not used by any sector of community for ordinary conversation. (Ferguson. ˜Diglossia’‚ Word 15: 325-40) Ferguson found such situations for example in places like Greece‚ the Arabic -
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attitude‚ perception and role in their children’s education through a survey. The objectives of the study were “first‚ to ascertain Arab parents’ attitudes toward bilingual education; second‚ to determine Arab parents’ perception of their role in their children’s education; and third‚ to gather information on Arab ethnicity” (Youssef & Skimpins‚ 1985‚ p. 190). According to the findings‚ “all 44 subjects were unanimously positive toward bilingual education” (Youssef & Skimpins‚ 1985‚ p. 190). Research
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Bilingualism in Indonesian Schools Language education is one of the primary educations in human’s early learning. A good mind is build by a good language structure‚ so bilingualism is the important thing that should be emphasized in human’s life. However‚ to apply bilingualism in education‚ people need to spend more money because it is more expensive than regular education system. In Indonesia‚ there are several schools that applying bilingualism in their education system‚ but they are mostly located in
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Kenji Hakuta Yale University ! I Rafael M. Diaz University of N e w Mexlco II I ate bilingual saniples to a n extent such that the prototype of subsequent studies o n bilingualism became group comparisons of balanced bilinguals 10 monolingual counterparts matched o n appropriate variables. Second‚ the results served to allay cornnionly held fears concerning the products of bilingual education. namely‚ that it would produce retarded. poorly educated‚ anomie individuals without affiliation
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Reflection of Bilingual Education Elisabeth Avryanne S. Indonesia is a country that is incredibly famous for its heterogeneous culture. The relationship between language and culture is deeply rooted. Language is used to maintain and convey culture and cultural ties (Leveridge). Formerly‚ in colonial era‚ Dutch language became the main language that was spoken by educated elite of Indonesia. Malay language was spoken at the time of independent by native speakers. In 1942‚ Japanese occupied Indonesia
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Professional Article Review ESL-433N 15 Jan 2014 Professional Article Review Bilingual education is a rapidly growing issue for educators all across the United States and dates back farther than many might assume. The impact of bilingual education quite possibly dates back to the early settlers in North America in 1664. It was said that at least eighteen different languages were spoken during the time of the 17th century in addition to the many Native American languages
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