I created this page for my Education Class 304 and as a mean to try to explain my opinion and viewpoint towards this controversial topic. I had the opportunity to work in a special education setting where I found a kind whose primary language was not English. Even though this special setting was helping her to have less struggles in her main classroom, English as a Second Language was not taught.
Bilingual education continues to receive criticism in the national media.
This project will examine some of the criticism, and its effect on the public opinion, which often is based on misconceptions about bilingual education's goals and practice. Knowledge that children get through their first language helps make the English they hear and read more comprehensible. Literacy developed in the primary language transfers to the second language. Once we can read in one language, we can read in general. Non-English speaking children initially receive core instruction in the primary language along with ESL instruction.