The analysis for the Bilingual Education Attitudes Survey theorizes that items in the survey have a strong correlation‚ which demonstrates evidence for construct validity. Measuring both the convergent and discriminant validity supports this theory because in Table 1‚ there is a very strong positive correlation between the first administration (r= .91) and a strong positive correlation with the second administration (r= .86)‚ in relation to the previously validated bilingual education scale.
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Everyone has a talent or skill that they’re proud of‚ mine has to be being bilingual. Being bilingual can be very helpful not just to me‚ but to others as well. Speaking two languages can help me with any new career opportunities that would make me stand out and take me very far in life. I have worked really hard to get to where I am today. My family only spoke Spanish to me so I wasn’t able to learn English. My oldest sibling growing up didn’t speak English either. When I started elementary
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fgaDiacritical marks are symbols added to letters of the alphabet to indicate different pronunciation than the letters are usually given. This article describes the most common diacritical symbols‚ as well as some punctuation marks commonly used in French‚ Italian‚ and Spanish. * é - accent acute * è - accent grave * ê - circumflex * ë - umlaut or diaerisis * ç - cedilla * ñ - tilde * ø - streg * ð - eth (capital form Ð) * å - bolle * æ - ligature *
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people. In fact there are actually more bilingual individuals around the world compared to monolingual‚ suggesting that many countries are bilingual (Bialystok et al.‚ 2012). A bilingual individual is defined by society as being able to fluently speak two languages (Woolfolk et al.‚ 2012). Contrastingly‚ a monolingual individual is defined as only being able to speak one language‚ which is often called the mother tongue (Woolfolk et al.‚ 2012). Bilingual education is certainly a subject of controversy
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Are Bilinguals Smarter Than Monolinguals? A Review of the Literature Luke James Walkington La Trobe University Are Bilinguals Smarter Than Monolinguals? A Review of the Literature ‘Bilingual’ people are differentiated from ‘Monolingual’ people by their frequent communication with two or more languages (Barac & Bialystok‚ 2012). Bilinguals are thought to be smarter than Monolinguals (Rubio-Fernández & Glucksberg‚ 2012). Smartness is a measure of successfulness in their education
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The Importance of Bilingual Education in America First off‚ it’s important to understand the difference between learning and education. Learning is the ability of an individual’s brain to acquire and retain information for a lifetime‚ whereas education is an aide to further strengthen a student’s learning capacity with the use of resources: teachers‚ libraries‚ classroom environment‚ etc. All students are essentially equal when they enter the educational environment‚ however students who don’t
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Bilingual education and economic inequality are just two of the many issues Texans deal with in today’s society. In “What is Bilingual Education‚” Stephen Krashen defines bilingual education as “any use of two languages in school – by teachers or students or both – for a variety of social and pedagogical (educational) purposes” (1). Bilingual education confrontations in Texas are due to the overwhelming amount and diversity of immigrants in the past fifteen years. While good for population growth
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opportunities that bilingual education programs can have on any person. Bilingual education programs have “a positive effect on intellectual growth” on a child’s mind. Bilingual education programs also produce good listening skills. Lastly it gives job opportunities when the time comes to get a job. Bilingual education programs should not be abandoned because it has a positive effect on intellectual growth‚ produces good listening skills‚ and gives job opportunities. Bilingual education has a “positive
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of people who are becoming bilingual. Society tends to use language to communicate and identify with other cultures. Language is also used to communicate with everyone around the world. Imagine the possibilities that being bilingual would bring to others. Bilingual Education brings many positive outcomes to children and even adults. Although‚ it may be expensive to teach others a second language‚ being bilingual has many great benefits. If people were to get bilingual education‚ everyone would see
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Over the years‚ bilingual education has involved teaching children academics in two different languages so they may become competent learners and be successful at acquiring English. This type of education has been a hot topic that federal governments have debated whether to keep in the curriculum of schools. Studies have shown there are benefits that range from cognitive ability‚ educational advancement‚ to employment opportunities with a bilingual education‚ while the critics label it as a “failed
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