analysis for the Bilingual Education Attitudes Survey theorizes that items in the survey have a strong correlation‚ which demonstrates evidence for construct validity. Measuring both the convergent and discriminant validity supports this theory because in Table 1‚ there is a very strong positive correlation between the first administration (r= .91) and a strong positive correlation with the second administration (r= .86)‚ in relation to the previously validated bilingual education scale. Moreover
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Critical Thinking Growing up bilingual is perceived to be a compelling account of what it means to come of age in a very economically but linguistically cultural context. Bilingualism is an integral part of any family life as well as a core aspect in producing identity in the community. However‚ children are perceived to be less preoccupied with growing up bilingual that with the notion of surviving (Zentella‚ 1997). And so‚ to heighten bilingualism in children and the NYPR community‚ there is need
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they may have come from can be very useful to know. A school’s bilingual educators or resources in the community should be able to help with the knowledge you will need to make sure their classroom teacher and school know how to address that child’s specific needs (AdLit‚ 2015). One of the big barriers when working with ELL parents is language. There are some ways to combat this issue. A teacher needs to do his/her best to find a bilingual
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Personal Essay I came from a family where education is the utmost priority. Since childhood I was surrounded by books that my parent valued so much. In one of these books I came across the quote by Aristotle "the roots of education are bitter‚ but the fruit is sweet". Being a child of Western Ukrainian immigrants I came as a first grader to this country with no knowledge of English. I have learned that the roots of education are truly bitter‚ as my parents did not make
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behind in the place that matters most: education. Finland currently has the best performing education system in the world; they are number one in literacy and number two in math proficiency. United States on the other hand‚ is number seven in literacy and number 27 in math proficiency. Education isn’t the same as it was fifty years ago. Times have changed‚ and so has the economy. Getting a college degree is no longer a guarantee of a job‚ and getting an education has become more tedious with standardized
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Immersion or Bilingual Education? One in every nine students today speaks a native language other than English‚ and it has been predicted that within the next twenty years‚ non-English speaking students will become as common as one in every four students (Goldenberg 10). This raises a question of how to give students the best education while helping them learn English. There are two basic forms of education used in schools today for English language learners (ELLs)‚ English immersion and bilingual programs
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An Effective Assessment Plan for a Bilingual Early Learning Program: Integrating Montessori‚ High/Scope‚ and Constructivist approaches from a Leadership and Personal Point of View Adriana Ferrari University of Calgary Summary Montessori‚ High Scope‚ and recent constructivist theories are properly integrated in this paper in order to create an effective assessment plan in a two-way bilingual early educational program. Montessori Method promotes the 21st Century Competencies such
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author is a huge proponent of English only education. Le urges the voting public who is reading the article to vote against installing bilingual education into the student course curriculum. Le dedicates almost the entire piece to focus on the potential pitfalls in trying to introduce two completely different languages into a child’s academic curriculum simultaneously. Before I read this article I would have thought myself in favor of bilingual education. It would appear to be the easiest way to
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Bili Bilingual Education: A Life-Long Advantage Alexa Adams It is concerning to see the U.S. continue to academically fall behind countries like China and Finland. The Program for International Student Assessment or PISA‚ is an international standardized test taken by 15 year-olds in developing countries. The U.S.‘s Secretary of State‚ Arne Duncan (2010)‚ was disappointed in the results‚ “The United States came in 23rd or 24th in most subjects. We can quibble‚ or we can face
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feel like they had anything in common. After the administrators at the school corrected the error and placed him in the bilingual program‚ he said that everyone was easier to talk to and he had more in common with them. Gibbons (2015) states that “Learners need models of new languages […]”‚ which often comes in the form of interaction with teachers for students in a one-way bilingual program (p. 28). For Gaby‚ the mainstream program might have been a good opportunity to interact with good models of
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