Name: Auriol Pedro Topic: Bilingual Education General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about what bilingual education is and how it is important. Thesis Statement: Bilingual education means instruction in two languages. It refers to a range of classroom strategies that include instruction in the student’s primary language. I. Introduction: A. Attention Getter: In 1998‚ California voters passed Proposition 227‚ an initiative that limits non-English language instruction for
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education of ELLs would become available through both Title VII and Title I funds. This legislation was important for ELLs since it promoted moving away from the remedial model of bilingual education toward an approach of enrichment and innovation (Ovando & Combs‚ 2012). The implementation of two-way developmental bilingual education was promoted as part of the educational reform for ELLs due to its proven success in developing fluency and literacy in both languages (Ovando & Combs‚
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My idea of interest is the importance of being bilingual. Our schools in America don’t focus on a teaching kids a second language. As a Hispanic‚ and American citizen‚ being bilingual is very important to me. I learned Spanish and English as a kid‚ and this had led me to have better communication‚ and has opened more opportunities for me. I chose this topic because it will raise awareness and lead many Americans to better communicate with the Hispanic community. The American society needs to adapt
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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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Learning a second language is one of the most rewarding things a person can do in life. Learning a second language allows someone to view the world from a different perspective. Bilingualism can occur in two different ways‚ simultaneously and sequentially. Simultaneous bilingualism is when a child is learning multiple languages from the time they are born. Whereas‚ sequential bilingualism is when a child or adult learns a second language after already acquiring a first. For the purpose of this paper
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Movements for bilingual education rose in 1974 with the Equal Education Opportunity Act and Bingual Education Act‚ which ordered federally funded schools to meet special educational needs for students not proficient in English. Unfortunately‚ dropout rates and lack of English-language proficiency alarmed the states that these bilingual programs were not efficent. Because of this‚ arguments between English-only advocates and supporters of bilingual educations emerged. Articles such as the New York
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Twenty-Five Common Interview Questions (Bovee and Thill‚ 1997‚ p.320) 1. What courses in school did you like most? Least? Why? 2. What jobs have you held? Why did you leave? 3. What percentage of your college expenses did you earn? How? 4. Why did you choose your particular field of work? 5. Do you prefer to work in any specific geographic location? If so‚ Why? 6. How much money do you hope to earn at age of 30? Age 35? 7. Do you think that your extracurricular activities
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six years (Porter‚ “The Case against Bilingual Education”). This is the serious and worrying problem that BE presents to our immigrants and ELLs. Continued segregation will result in lower and lower performance in school SEI programs provide radically different results: A Washington Post study revealed that many immigrant children participating in SEI programs are at the top of their classes after only a few years (Geyer‚ “Schools Should Not Employ Bilingual Education”). As seen time and time again
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Personally‚ I have never been to a conference where I could truly identify with the same ethnic background since finding someone who is Japanese or Buddhist is very rare in my community. Taking this experience of feeling excluded‚ I want to connect with others whether it be those who come from different or same ethnic group‚ social class‚ sexuality‚ and so on‚ to come together and share our personal experiences of being a minority. In the Student Diversity Leadership Conference (SDLC)‚ I hope to
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Bilingual in America {text:bookmark-start} {text:bookmark-end} Bilingual in America {text:bookmark-start} {text:bookmark-end} Shonese Warrington {text:bookmark-start} {text:bookmark-end} AED/200 October 18‚ 2009 Kimberly D. Jackson Bilingual in America There are many ongoing debates on whether or not our children should learn more than one language. I feel that it is imperative in today’s society to know more than one language. Knowing more than one language opens up so many
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