1. The Debate Between Bilingual Education and English Immersion
In a more theoretical sense it is any educational program whose ultimate goal is for the participants to be fully versed in all facets of both languages, able to listen, speak , read, and write in both languages. ... Ideally, there is a nearly 50/50 balance between language minority and language majority students. Instruction is provided in both English and the minority language. ... Researchers reported that after one year in an all-English "immersion program, only 3.9% of LEP children were "redesignated" and only 1.3% were mainstreamed. ... In a more theoretical sense it is any educational p...
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