Argumentative Essay On Bilingual Education

There are many controversial policies when it comes to equality in education. One big policy would be language. With many immigrants coming to america this topic is a growing controversy. As a member of immigrant parents you can’t help but wonder how do schools educate those whose native tongue is not English. It’s hard to communicate with those students who are non English speaking in the classroom especially if the teacher isn’t bilingual. Well according to the book it states, “ The Bilingual Education Act of 1974 provided federal funds to meet the language needs of non–English speaking students.(Cengage 297).” This means that thanks to the Bilingual Education Act of 1974 the government will provide funds in order to meet the needs of non
With that being said this act is designed to help the students get the proper material for their education and it could help them enomasilly. There are also programs to help these students along with federal funds. There are two types of these programs. “ In two-way bilingual programs (TWBE), students receive instruction in both English and their native languages throughout their elementary education(Cengage 297)” This program can help the student gain a better understanding of English and soon on develop the language. “ In transitional bilingual programs (TBE), instruction is in English only after students achieve a specified level of proficiency in English(Cengage 297).” With this program it is a step up up from the last one. Once the student grabs a better understanding of English then they move onto just strictly English instead of both english and their language. However the results for these programs are inconclusive (Cengage 297). So we don’t officially if these programs are beneficial. However, I feel as if they would be beneficial because they are slowly working the student up to proper English.