Ebonics

Bilingual education has been a topic of concern among U.S. citizens for decades. Perhaps one of the most unnoticed areas of bilingual education is the use of Ebonics. Many people don’t know what Ebonics is or where it came from. Ebonics is a language many African American youth use today. People tend to overlook Ebonics because they just see it as slang. However, according to Toni Cook a member of the Oakland school …

…to the Oakland school board the methods used to teach these children English has proved to be insufficient, which sparked the creation of the Standard English Proficiency Program. The program has taught many teachers how to instruct Ebonics speaking students in English. I feel that this is a step in the right direction. Ebonics is a language that has no use in the work place or government and should therefore not be taught in school.