An Effective Assessment Plan for a Bilingual Early Learning Program: Integrating Montessori‚ High/Scope‚ and Constructivist approaches from a Leadership and Personal Point of View Adriana Ferrari University of Calgary Summary Montessori‚ High Scope‚ and recent constructivist theories are properly integrated in this paper in order to create an effective assessment plan in a two-way bilingual early educational program. Montessori Method promotes the 21st Century Competencies such
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Bili Bilingual Education: A Life-Long Advantage Alexa Adams It is concerning to see the U.S. continue to academically fall behind countries like China and Finland. The Program for International Student Assessment or PISA‚ is an international standardized test taken by 15 year-olds in developing countries. The U.S.‘s Secretary of State‚ Arne Duncan (2010)‚ was disappointed in the results‚ “The United States came in 23rd or 24th in most subjects. We can quibble‚ or we can face
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As a boy‚ the main problem he faced was he struggled to speak sufficient English. One factor that contributed to this problem was the bilingual education he received from a Roman Catholic School. Rodriguez described bilingual education as a “scheme” that “was foolish and certainly doomed.” The second contributing factor was his parents. As mexican immigrants‚ Rodriguez’s parents never learned how to properly communicate in English
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Bilingual Education in the United States can be defined as “a program that seeks to permit non-English speaking children (many from lower-class homes) to use their ‘family language’ as the language of school” (Rodriguez 256). In other words‚ it is a method of education that suggests that a child whose native language is not English should learn English in institutions while being instructed in classes in his or her home language as well. This form of teaching has been a strong point of controversy
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psychological scientists‚ have started analyzing bilinguals in order to see if there are any differences in the way they think‚ behave and if speaking multiple languages affects them. They soon reached the conclusion that there are shifts in bilinguals’ personality and even their brains suffer changes. Emotions‚ expressing and interpreting them‚ also differ in the case of a bilingual person‚ as research shows. In her article‚ “Bilingual Lives‚ Bilingual Experiences”‚ Anna Wierzbicka explores this exact
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Bilingual Education Bilingual Education isn’t an issue that’s been short lived. The programs have existed as far back as the late eighteenth century; Immigrant students were then instructed in their first language. Ohio became the first state to adopt an actual bilingual education state legislation in 1839. Other states soon followed‚ although the variation in language was somewhat broader (Lipka n.p). Controversy has been constant over what methods are actually effective‚ and what methods need
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exorbitantly priced Swiss boarding school. Luckily‚ such elitism has been thrown out the window‚ and now parents raise bilingual and multicultural children themselves. The children grow up just as world-savvy and sophisticated -- and actually know their own parents! Still for the do-it-yourselfer‚ a few tips can smooth the way. The most common question people ask me is "How do I raise a bilingual child the best way?" "Easy‚ just talk to them!" is my tongue-in-cheek response. It seems almost impossible to
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The Advantages of Being Bilingual in Today’s Society According to the studies‚ being bilingual has greater tolerance and less racism. Extended way of thinking helps the approach to cognitive problems and higher levels of abstract thinking. There are many advantages of being bilingual including access to different cultures and makes it easier to find a job. First‚ Bilingualism offers greater exposure
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applies to both spelling and syntax. There is debate over whether growing up in a bilingual environment has positive or negative effects on children ’s phonological and orthographic awareness‚ and thus their ability to learn to read and speak fluently. There is much evidence that metalinguistic awareness‚ that is understanding of the overarching syntactic principles of language‚ is greater in children who are bilingual (Chen‚ 2004). Hammer and Miccio point out that the process of learning to read begins
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These bilingual classroom materials are beneficial because they promote metalinguistic awareness while also serving “…to demonstrate the value of other languages‚ to make connections with the community and family‚ to strengthen the cultural identity of ELLs and to honor their families” (Cloud‚ Genesse‚ & Hamayan‚ 2009‚ p. 102). These materials are intended for a lower level English and German bilingual elementary classroom. I have chosen bilingual children’s books at different reading levels in an
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