Bilingual Education: Is it hel

Bilingual Education: Is it helping or hurting? Bilingual education seems to be a rising topic that is currently up for debate. With the growing number of immigrants entering this country, the language barrier between individuals seems to be far greater when it comes to children in the classroom. On average it is said that here alone in Tempe, schools have about 45 different languages to one classroom. Bilingual education is a privilege, not something that is …

…place a minority child on a classroom in which only English is spoken. This method is often referred to as the sink or swim approach. ESL (English as a second language) is another popular form of bilingual eduction. The minority child is placed in a normal English classroom for most the day but receives extra help and instruction in English too. The ESL teacher is not required to speak the native language of the child.