Comments on: What is Bilingual Education?

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By: Beth Ortuño

Beth Ortuño — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:01:41 +0000

One more thing to mention, Houston also offers higher level classes designed for native speakers in Spanish- and other languages!- all the way through high school and the kids can use them for the “foreign language” requirement all students have for graduation. These classes are supposed to be equivalent to the level of work that would be done in countries where that language would be the primary one.

By: Beth Ortuño

Beth Ortuño — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:41:45 +0000

I would like to add the following information:
a.- The schools in Mercer County and Darke County, Ohio were taught all in German from their beginnings 1830′s-ish right up through 1945. As I understand there are many, many counties in many states of the USA where this was true. At the end of WWII the community itself abruptly switched everything including their schools to all English.
b.- The schools in Houston have a very large bilingual program which works really well for the kids. My stepchildren, nieces and nephews are all in it. They all started pre-K or kindergarten not speaking or even understanding any English whatsoever. At the beginning all classes were in Spanish including learning to read and write. They get tested and moved into English gradually. Our two oldest nephews are in 5th and 6th grade now and all their classes are in English. Many of the schools have a free after-school tutoring program if kids struggle.

By: Maria Lopez Davis

Maria Lopez Davis — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:43:08 +0000

Thanks for all the wonderful information! I was educated in a transitional program in the mid 1970′s and my Spanish suffers to this day because of it. I am fortunate that in Jacksonville, FL we have Dual Language and Immersion programs available from K through 8th grade and would like to enroll my daughter when she begins school.

I can definitely agree that there is a bias when it comes to Spanish. Chinese is seen as valuable for business purposes and French is seen as more…how shall we say “elite”. The bias towards Spanish is simply an extension of ignorance towards those who immigrate to this country. It is often viewed as only the language of “the workers”, which is not only insulting, but incomplete. Those individuals and groups who have negative views of immigrants “taking over” fight against language instruction and in this state (outside of Miami/Dade) many parents get quite upset over Dual Language instruction, which is typically Spanish.

By: Boca Beth

Boca Beth — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:48:22 +0000

It's truly refreshing to read and chime in on this topic. I feel dual-immersion programs and homes with one parent, one language are the ideal for language learning but not the reality of our United States of America The majority of homes have both parents with one language and the majority of school systems will never experience the budget nor the qualified staff for implementing dual immersion programs. We must, as a population, quickly address the need to bring the two most widely spoken languages in our country together for our young children who are the future of our country. That is why I continue to share the true bilingual presentation of our Boca Beth Program with monolingual parents, homeschooling families and educators who are hoping to give the gift of a second language to their little ones. .-= Boca Beth´s last blog ..Music Monday Fun with Boca Beth and Bilingual Spanish/English Song =-.

By: NYC Teacher

NYC Teacher — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:50:04 +0000

The programs actually vary greatly by state. In New York, where I teach (at the largest elementary school in the city, with 2,000 kids K-5), we have nearly 90% ELLs. (We use “ELL” to refer to one kid). We have BTE, which is bilingual transition education which is supposed to mean the kids are taught in their native language from September to January and then are switched over to English. Some schools have the students transfer to English over a year or two, rather than over months. The pressure of state testing has principals pushing kids straight into English-only or stand-alone ESL classrooms where an ESL teacher teaches students but adjusts the curriculum to address their specific needs, such as with vocabulary or sentence structure, etc. We also have 10 ESL teachers who offer push-in (where they go in to work alongside the classroom teacher one period a day, or one period a week and work with a small group of ELLs), and pull-out. Our school also offers a dual language program in English and Spanish.

I teach an ESL class where I have 17 beginners, 5 Intermediate students, and 4 advanced students. Their levels were determined by the English proficiency tests the state gives. They speak a variety of languages, such as Spanish, Chinese (Mandarin), Bangla and Indonesian. Our school only offers native language support in Spanish.

Most students who go to our school in the non-dual programs (and all the schools like ours) from Kindergarten through fifth grade are no longer literate in their first language by the time they graduate. It’s sad.

By: Marianna

Marianna — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:23:13 +0000

I was fortunate enough that my parents, both venezuelans, chose an excellent “bilingual” school for my 2 sisters and me. Or so I thought it was a bilingual program, now I know the right terminology and that it was a duel immersion curriculum. The school day was divided in 2 halves, from 8:30AM to 2:10 PM 3 hours in the morning dedicated to English courses (spelling, grammar, science, history, social studies etc….) according to the American Public School system and the remaining 3 hours were dedicated to Spanish following the Venezuelan education curriculum.
My parents never planned moving to an English speaking country, for them it was more a decision of giving us 3 a priceless tool that who knows how would it benefit us throughout our lives. My mom spoke perfect English but my father didn’t and he didn’t want us to go through the same difficulties when “vacationing” that he went through. Well as it turns out both my sisters live in the UK and I live in Los Angeles. Indeed a priceless and very useful tool and for me the best gift ever. Thanks for giving us ideas on how to return the favor to our children.

By: Leslie D.

Leslie D. — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:32:29 +0000

I heard Krashen speak a couple of years ago on the topic of Bilingual Education. He states: bilingual education is a way of using the child’s first language to accelerate the acquisition of English. Many teachers work in “bilingual” settings with very different ideas as to what it actually means. It definitely can be confusing. This is one time where I’m not sure even Wikipedia gets it correct:)

I work in a Two-Way Dual Immersion school (as defined by the Center of Applied Linguistics) in the mountains of Colorado. I’m looking forward to the next few posts on “Dual Language”.

Thanks,

Leslie

By: Ana Lilian

Ana Lilian — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:08:57 +0000

Thanks, Carla.
I have to agree with you that we also learn a lot from the amazing comments.

We are so excited to be sharing this series on bilingual education with all of you.