Bilingual education uses two languages as the media of instruction. The teacher develops English skills and teaches content in the native language. Bilingual education is one means of addressing the unique learning styles and instructional needs of language-minority students. He notes that, contrary to public perception, English is the language of instruction for 72-92 percent of the instructional time. There are five primary teaching approaches used today in the instruction of language minority students.
Bilingual instructors teach academic subjects in the students' primary language.
Instruction is based on an enrichment model. Its objective is to create bilingual students. This approach is often used with K-6 students. The transitional approach - teaches academic subjects in the students' primary language but progressively uses more English. As the students' English-language proficiency increases, the primary language is dropped.