Pros and Cons of Bilingual Education
Pros and Cons of Bilingual EducationPros and Cons of Bilingual EducationPeople in today's society have opposite opinions on how to approach the issue of bilingual education. Basically, the sides are split on the issue of teaching bilingual education in United States schools. There are many excellent points and arguments for each side of the tape. Personally, I chose to believe that we should keep bilingual education out of the United States because of the high cost to taxpayers. This process of teaching foreigners, most of them illegal immigrants, our language takes a long period of time and consumes a large amount of taxpayer money.The topic of bilingual education has many strong points in favor of having this enforced in the United States. The first argument I came across was about the affects of bilingual education on the English proficie
In conclusion, after researching and reading articles for and against bilingual education programs, I have decided to put all of my effort against bilingual programs. Will STAR 2000 Kill Bilingual Education?, pg 1. It is a waste of taxpayer money and a waste of the students' time. Another very strong argument comes from Rossell and Baker where they state that from a 1996 study that out of 300 bilingual programs, 72 percent of them met minimum bilingual standards. Even though all of this money is poured into these programs, over 80 percent of students failed to show significant improvements in the English language after two years of bilingual education. The last article I read that really brought me to believe that bilingual education programs should be erased from our society was about bilingual! education in Denver schools. ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**Works CitedBates, Jenny.
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