How To Start A Bilingual Education

Educators at Martin Luther King Middle School have to meet the challenges of teaching students that are English language learners. The three ways that the school can approach this challenge are, by creating English as a second language program, a structured English immersion approach, or implementing bilingual education. Ms. Esparza’s approach will be to start a bilingual education program. Bilingual education involves the delivery of instruction in two languages, with attempts to preserve and build on native language skills. A major barrier to bilingual instruction is the lack of teachers who are not only fluent in two languages but also qualified to teach math, science, social studies, and language arts, and of course, basic reading and writing (Powell, 2015).
First, I will need to work with Ms. Esparza and find out the language and culture of the students. Knowing the background of the students allows me to develop lesson plans that include their culture. Through this incorporation of the students’ culture, it may encourage them to talk about their language, where they are from, and their family. Lessons will be taught using visual aids and real objects. Monitoring of the students for learning problems will be done while working with Ms. Esparza to resolve the problems. Finally, I will use a rubric or scoring system that is culturally sensitive in