Since the topic of my research paper is whether or not bilingual education is a viable teaching method, my first argument focuses on justifying its existence. While my other arguments will address why it is good, the first is merely the idea that it should be considered.
There have been propositions like #227 in California which wish to completely forbid the use of bilingual education in public schooling. This kind of exclusion is hostile to the development of new teaching practices, and prevents the experimentation that provides the latest and greatest methods.
English-Immersion advocates expect that by simply immersing students in an environment of constant English, those students will gain understanding of the language. This does not work well, and ignores different teaching styles which may provide more effective solutions to language-learning problems.
The studies cited to prove that bilingualism has no place are not conclusive enough to base a judgment completely condemning the style. Finality has no place in a contested area which has no definitive measuring system
For different areas, bilingualism may pose a better solution, to make broad statements about a style which could be tailored to a specific environment is ill-advised.
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1 comment:
This is a good argument, and it was a good idea to make it your first and strongest one. It seems you have a lot of information to support why it is a viable teaching method, or why it is not. Yet it also seems that some of your information is opinion-based. You may want to find more specific examples, such as proposition #227, that will make more of a justification to your stance.
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