In the article, the author argues that bilingual education is utterly useless. He gives a lot of statistics in the article regarding the cost of education and also the amount of “bilingual” students who actually learn English, and remarkably enough only 5 percent of the students in the bilingual education program in California learn English. The author’s proposal is to get rid of bilingual programs completely because they aren’t doing our kids any good. He points out that even though some pay-raises are to be gained from bilingualism, the norm around the world is still English, and our goal should be to educate those around us with the language which will do them the most good.
Monday, March 8, 2010
English-Only Education Should Be Standard in Most Schools.
Unz, Ron "English-Only Education Should Be Standard in Most Schools."At Issue: Bilingual Education. Loreta Medina. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2003. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. Brigham Young University - Utah. 8 Mar. 2010
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In the article, the author argues that bilingual education is utterly useless. He gives a lot of statistics in the article regarding the cost of education and also the amount of “bilingual” students who actually learn English, and remarkably enough only 5 percent of the students in the bilingual education program in California learn English. The author’s proposal is to get rid of bilingual programs completely because they aren’t doing our kids any good. He points out that even though some pay-raises are to be gained from bilingualism, the norm around the world is still English, and our goal should be to educate those around us with the language which will do them the most good.
In the article, the author argues that bilingual education is utterly useless. He gives a lot of statistics in the article regarding the cost of education and also the amount of “bilingual” students who actually learn English, and remarkably enough only 5 percent of the students in the bilingual education program in California learn English. The author’s proposal is to get rid of bilingual programs completely because they aren’t doing our kids any good. He points out that even though some pay-raises are to be gained from bilingualism, the norm around the world is still English, and our goal should be to educate those around us with the language which will do them the most good.
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