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
arguments have been prominent during the debates about bilingual education for minority group students in the United States over the past 40 years (since.
For some time now some proponents of bilingual education have adopted the strategy of arguing for it from an equality of opportunity framework.
Ninety-six percent of media authors opposed to bilingual education only discussed programs for language-minority students. – Language-as-right arguments in
Under attack: The case against bilingual education. Culver. City: Language Education Associates. Krashen S (1999). Condemned without a trial: Bogus arguments
used bilingual education as a means to national development. Within this frame policymakers argued for a transitional
The arguments most often heard against bilingual education are: (1) it doesn't work--research on bilingual programs is inconsistent and contradictory and (2)
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
The Case for Bilingual Education. Chapter 2. A Gradual Exit Variable Threshold Model for Limited English Proficient Children. Chapter 3.
English-only proponents (e.g. Galindo 1997; Johnson