The document discusses bilingual education, which refers to classroom approaches that use English language learners' native languages for instruction. The goals of bilingual education include teaching English, fostering academic achievement, preserving cultural heritage, enabling English speakers to learn a second language, and developing proficiency in both languages. Benefits of bilingual education include students being in a supportive environment, having active and flexible brains, and performing better on creative and problem-solving tasks. Long-term effects include greater career opportunities and a reduced risk of Alzheimer's from having a bilingual brain.
The document discusses bilingual education, which refers to classroom approaches that use English language learners' native languages for instruction. The goals of bilingual education include teaching English, fostering academic achievement, preserving cultural heritage, enabling English speakers to learn a second language, and developing proficiency in both languages. Benefits of bilingual education include students being in a supportive environment, having active and flexible brains, and performing better on creative and problem-solving tasks. Long-term effects include greater career opportunities and a reduced risk of Alzheimer's from having a bilingual brain.
The document discusses bilingual education, which refers to classroom approaches that use English language learners' native languages for instruction. The goals of bilingual education include teaching English, fostering academic achievement, preserving cultural heritage, enabling English speakers to learn a second language, and developing proficiency in both languages. Benefits of bilingual education include students being in a supportive environment, having active and flexible brains, and performing better on creative and problem-solving tasks. Long-term effects include greater career opportunities and a reduced risk of Alzheimer's from having a bilingual brain.
preservation of Bilingual What is Bilingual Education? Education Ipsum Dolor According to the National Association for Integer egestas orci quis lorem Bilingual Education (NABE) Bilingual feugiat adipiscing. education has been practiced in many forms, in many countries, for thousands of years. Defined broadly, it can mean any use of two languages in school by teachers or students or both for a variety of social and pedagogical purposes.
In todays context, a period of
demographic transformation in United States, bilingual education means something more specific. It refers to approaches in the classroom that use the native languages of English language learners (ELLs) for instruction.
Goals include any combination of the
following:
Teach English Are You? Fostering academic achievement
Preserving a minority groups linguistic
and cultural heritage
Enabling English speakers to learn a By: Reyna Castillo, Calliope Iakovou,
second language Laura Molina, Gabriela Ramirez Developing proficiency in both languages What benefits would my What are the long-term effects of my child knowing a child experience in a second language? bilingual classroom? In the global society that we live in today, individuals who know a Students enter into a second language will be able to have supportive cognitive and more career opportunities than social-emotional monolinguals due to their ability to environment. communicate and participate in the Their brains are active and society of tomorrow. flexible. They perform better on tasks that call for creative thinking, Bilingual brains are more developed pattern recognition, and than a monolingual brain, which as a How would I be able to problem solving. result can delay the result of support my child if she is in a They have greater linguistic Alzheimer's by about four years. bilingual classroom? awareness and a more complex understanding of What happens if my child First and foremost, continue to their native language. uses both languages when speak to your child in your native They will develop ties to their speaking at the same time? language, this will provide your native language, culture and child with extra support. community. Using both languages is perfectly Encourage them to continue using normal, it is explained as Codeswitching. the language. It is typical in bilinguals and can be very useful when passing on messages, Study different academic terms, in emphasizing a point, and when both languages. This will help expressing roles, norms, and values. your child develop language that Codeswitching depends on who the child is speaking to, whether it be to an adult is used in the classroom. or a classmate. Taking your child out within the community allows them to strengthen commonly used words Dont be shy! Show them how found within society. fabulous you are! Bilingualism is a virtue.