Why Do We not Consider the Benefits? Bilingual education is like the seat belts in the back of your car. They both serve as helpful attachments that can only prepare you for the future. Bilingual education is a form of education in which information is presented to the student in two or more languages. By broadening a student’s scope to two or more languages‚ students hold an advantage when entering the professional world. The professional world is where work gets serious and adults have to face
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people who hear me speak Spanish (my mother tongue is English) that I am fluent in it. That alone should be enough for me to call myself bilingual. However‚ I have encountered numerous situations over the years where I felt completely lost in Spanish. So‚ if I am so fluent‚ why would this happen to me? The answer is a simple but often overlooked one. Bilinguals usually acquire and use their second ( or third or fourth) language for specific purposes and when they get outside of this specific linguistic
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Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood Not having really pondered over bilingual education before‚ I must admit I did not have a formed opinion concerning this issue. Of course‚ I was aware of the ‘phenomenon’ of bilingual children but I have never spent much time reflecting whether they should receive formal education in their mother tongue or whether they should learn in the language of their present surroundings. The decision is not an easy one to make‚ but I have set my mind against the
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Causes of Child Obesity "Many of today’s kids are engaged in sedentary pursuits made possible by a level of technology unthinkable as recently as 25 to 30 years ago. Computer‚ video‚ and other virtual games‚ the ready availability of feature films and games on DVD‚ plus high-tech advancements in music-listening technology have come down into the range of affordability for parents and even for the kids themselves. These passive pursuits have produced a downside of reduced physical activity for the
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The Debate Between Bilingual Education and English Immersion Programs Bilingual Education is defined as any school program that uses two languages. In a more theoretical sense it is any educational program whose ultimate goal is for the participants to be fully versed in all facets of both languages (i.e.‚ able to listen‚ speak ‚ read‚ and write in both languages). The definition of a coordinated‚ developmental bilingual approach has emphasized the goal of being equally fluid in both languages. Realistically
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I. Meaning “Bilingual Education Policy (BEP) in the Philippines is defined operationally as the separate use of Filipino and English as the media of instruction in specific subject areas”. As embodied in the DECS Order‚ Filipino shall be used as a medium of instruction in social studies/ social sciences‚ music‚ arts‚ physical education‚ home economics‚ practical arts and character education. English‚ on the other hand is allocated to science‚ mathematics‚ and technology subjects. BEP clearly states
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Foundations‚ Theory & Practice of Bilingual General & Special Education Chapter 3 Bilingual Education The following communication extensively elaborates on Bilingual Education‚ the goals of Bilingual education and English Language Development‚ and how Bilingual education interconnects with the major areas of development such as Social-emotional‚ Cognitive‚ Physical and Language. Bilingual Education is an educational system used to teach students of little or no English fluency the opportunity
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Decades ago‚ being bilingual was an aspect of an individual that made them stand out from the others and be different. What if I tell you that in this modern society‚ being bilingual is just being one of the many thousands? A bilingual person is one who has the knowledge or intelligence of knowing two or more languages. However‚ there are different levels and stages of bilingualism. There is individual bilingualism which is when a person knows his/her mother tongue and another language that is used
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Alandy Dy June 18‚ 2014 Language and Literature C Ms. Cruz CRE: Bilingual Policy in the Philippines By King Alandy Dy Foreigners often perceive the Philippines as a country with excellent English. Many businesses rush to the Philippines to put up international call centers while Asian students come to the Philippines to learn English. This is largely due to the bilingual education which we receive in the Philippines. There are many laws which state that both English
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better shape your brain will be in. The different grammatical and symbolic inscriptions activate the brain areas involved with memory and learning in order to remember and allow you to switch back and forth from one language to the other. This is why bilinguals are better at multi-tasking than monolinguals‚ because they have to frequently change perspectives on a daily basis. Memory use is constantly stimulated which might be a reason why it slows the onset of dementia in old age. Knowing more than one
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