2006-12-18 09:28:17 · 29 answers · asked by EW 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
in its current form yes. We should teach only in English FIRST and use secondary language education to expand the mind of our students, not as a crutch to bow people who have no intention of every learning English.
2006-12-18 09:33:44 · answer #1 · answered by Steve 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There seems to be some confusion as to what bilingual education is. It is teaching non-English speaking children in their native language rather than English.
Too often you see "bilingual" education turn into monolingual education. The purpose of bilingual education is to slowly teach the children English. I have seen that idea fall by the way side and the children get to high school and still cannot speak English. I have seen students graduate from high school that cannot speak English because they were suppose to be having bilingual classes and the "bi" part was never taught.
2006-12-18 17:43:41 · answer #2 · answered by mmuscs 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't have a problem. The more languages the better. I'm at my current job because I speak 5 languages and I competed with recent grads from Stanford, Berkeley, and NYU. I think some important languages are Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese. Spanish because is one of the most spoken languages in the world, also, the Hispanic population in the US keeps on growing. Chinese because they have one the world's largest economy and more powerful military. Japanese because of all the high tech they are providing the world and when it comes to business, Japan is not the one that should be left out. Of course, other languages are important as well since we live in an era where globalization is what's moving the planet's economy.
2006-12-18 17:44:01 · answer #3 · answered by c00kies 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are speaking of teaching an immigrant, especially an illegal one, in their native tongue then YES I DO have a problem with it. First we did not ask them to come here so therefore we should not have to foot the bill to teach them in their native language. Second this country survived for centuries without having ESL classes. Children learned quickly and assimilated into the American culture. ESL is actually counter productive to that process. Our government needs to get back to basics. No more ESL, no more free breakfast and lunch. By accomodating every whim of these immigrants we are teaching them that they are entitled and that is the wrong message to be sending.
In the 70's we had a large influx of Vietnamese. English was NOT their native language but yet they still excelled in school How did that happen without ESL?
2006-12-18 17:48:51 · answer #4 · answered by Bob G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it isn't so much people have a problem with it, it's who is going to pay for it? Not only are the people who's kid's require bilingual education not supposed to be here they can't afford to pay the teachers more money to teach it that way.
2006-12-18 17:31:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do not have a problem with Billingual education in schools as long as we are not just focusing on Spanish. When I was in High School we could take French, German or Spanish. I get the feeling that we are just forcing Spanish in our schools. School personnel are being forced to learn Spanish to communicate with children who only speak Spanish. Other languages such as French and German are suffering.
2006-12-18 19:42:16 · answer #6 · answered by mikea_va 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
I don't have a problem with Bilingual education. Certainly those who are of the swedish speaking minority have a right to receive education in their native tongue.
Also, Swedish as a language should continue to be a subject in Finnish schools, as it is one of the official languages.
2006-12-18 17:32:42 · answer #7 · answered by dane 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No because it is more benifical to the child in the end when they go to apply for jobs. Also, non speaking english children get to see a child learning there language too. I have taught esl for 5 years and the kids light up when they see another child there age speak there language weather it be spanish, burmese, or chinese
2006-12-18 17:58:01 · answer #8 · answered by fineladysouth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I am an educator and research shows that teaching bi-lingual classes to non-English speaking students prevents them from learning English as quickly - therefore slowing down their progress in all classes. The current accepted practice is "total immersion" in English speaking classrooms with support from English as a second language teachers.
2006-12-18 17:34:18 · answer #9 · answered by arkiemom 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes. I think that languages other than English should only be taught as electives in High School because English is our language and our kids should not be forced to learn others.
2006-12-18 18:08:08 · answer #10 · answered by amo mi mexicano 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no. whether you like it or not, people are going to keep immigrating to the us who don't speak english. bilingual education is a must so that kids don't fall (further) behind when they arrive. it's a short term thing in most cases. my mom teaches at the magnet school for els kids in the city my parents live in, and most kids are in els for about a semester. they can then move into regular full-time english instruction.
2006-12-18 17:35:07 · answer #11 · answered by rive_sud 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋