bilingual education

Imagine being an immigrant from a country where the Spanish language is practically ubiquitous. Now imagine trying to learn in an American school using a foreign language and being expected to move into the mainstream with the other children. For most English-proficient people, this scenario may be hard to visualize. However, this is an all too common situation for many children whose families immigrate to the United States. There have been several debates over the …

…only does this let LEP students and teachers help each other, but it also reduces the amount of stress and intimidation a LEP student may face when being taught by an American teacher. Another point made by this side states that in an increasingly global society like the one we live in today, schools, far from discouraging native-language retention, should work to help students maintain their native tongues, even as they also teach them English.