[PDF] arguments for bilingual education

Bilingual education has many cognitive benefits. Children that know a second language perform better in tasks that call for creative thinking, pattern recognition and problem solving. Young learners develop greater linguistic awareness and a more complex understanding of their native language.
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  • What are the arguments in favor of bilingualism?

    Bilingualism strengthens cognitive abilities - bilingual people tend to be more creative and flexible.
    They can be more open-minded, and they also find it easier to focus on a variety of tasks simultaneously.

  • What are the advantages and disadvantages of bilingual education?

    Bilingual Learning: Advantages & Disadvantages

    It is easy to learn a second language- It is a way forward to multilingual Learning- Develops Wisdom- Exploring diversity- Increases prospects for future opportunities- Improves working memory- Lack of qualified assistance- Split students' concentration-

  • What are the advantages and disadvantages of bilingualism?

    It also opens up new cultural and social experiences, and can enhance career opportunities in a globalized world.
    However, bilingualism can also lead to language confusion, delayed language development, learning difficulties, reduced cognitive development, and social and emotional difficulties.

  • What are the advantages and disadvantages of bilingualism?

    [5] Linguists believe that because they're exposed to multiple languages at a young age, they're better equipped to pick up on word structure.
    This can help bilingual students develop phonological awareness skills, an essential pre-reading ability, faster than their peers.

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The Politics of Homogeneity: A Critical Exploration of the Anti

In this paper I want to focus on two key aspects of the arguments employed against bilingual education – the issue of social mobility and the issue of 



SHOULD SCHOOLS UNDERMINE OR SUSTAIN

arguments have been prominent during the debates about bilingual education for minority group students in the United States over the past 40 years (since.



EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND BILINGUAL EDUCATION

For some time now some proponents of bilingual education have adopted the strategy of arguing for it from an equality of opportunity framework.



Understanding Media Opinion on Bilingual Education in the United

Ninety-six percent of media authors opposed to bilingual education only discussed programs for language-minority students. – Language-as-right arguments in 



Lets Tell the Public the Truth about Bilingual Education Stephen

Under attack: The case against bilingual education. Culver. City: Language Education Associates. Krashen S (1999). Condemned without a trial: Bogus arguments 



Ideological Shifts in Bilingual Education: Mexico and the United States

used bilingual education as a means to national development. Within this frame policymakers argued for a transitional



BILINGUAL EDUCATION: A FOCU

The arguments most often heard against bilingual education are: (1) it doesn't work--research on bilingual programs is inconsistent and contradictory and (2) 



Bilingual Education: Assimilation Segregation and Integration

In contrast with the two pre- vious arguments reviewed above (i.e. language learning and logistical challenges) the third argument (i.e. the development of an 



Under Attack: The Case Against Bilingual Education (Culver City

The Case for Bilingual Education. Chapter 2. A Gradual Exit Variable Threshold Model for Limited English Proficient Children. Chapter 3.



Hard Sell: Why is Bilingual Education so Unpopular with the

English-only proponents (e.g. Galindo 1997; Johnson