Monday, March 8, 2010

Bilingual Education: Where do we start, and where do we end?

Jost, Kenneth. "Bilingual Education vs. English Immersion." CQ Researcher. CQ Press. 11 December 2009. 8 March 2010.

This article uses a personal experience with a family to give the opinions of an Arizona town on bilingual education. They tell the story of Miriam Flores and her daughter when it came time to go to elementary school. Miriam's daughter was taught in spanish until 3rd grade. Her third grade class was only English speaking. Miriam, daughter of Miriam, had trouble with this change and her grades dropped dramatically. Miriam and many other spanish speakers in Arizona would like there to be an easier transition from spanish to english classes. The article tells of their federal case with the government. It also has tabs to take you to certain parts of the article. For example: the background and the current situation.

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