Rethinking Bilingual Instruction

Autor/in	Gándara, Patricia
Titel	Rethinking Bilingual Instruction
Quelle	In: Educational Leadership, 72 (2015) 6, S.60-64 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1784
Schlagwörter	Bilingual Education; Multilingualism; Immersion Programs; Language Maintenance; Educational Research; English Language Learners; Educational Strategies; Language Skills; Native Language Instruction; Educational Benefits; Evidence; Educational Needs; Educational Objectives; Human Capital + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Immersionsprogramm; Sprachpflege; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Lehrstrategie; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Native language education; Muttersprachlicher Unterricht; Bildungsertrag; Evidenz; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Humankapital
Abstract	It's one of the ironies of United States culture: We love our history as "a nation of immigrants," but at the same time, we're conflicted about immigration and the changes it brings. In this article, Patricia Gándara examines the research on one area of debate: whether multilingualism should be considered a problem to be fixed, or a national resource to be encouraged. Research has long supported the academic and social benefits of programs that help English learners maintain fluency in their home languages. Other research, however, has failed to find workforce advantages for bilingual speakers. Gándara and her colleagues commissioned a series of studies to look at the data more closely, and these studies found employment and wage benefits for bilinguals. On the basis of this research, Gándara advocates that schools put more effort into bilingual maintenance and dual-language immersion programs, as well as less-ambitious strategies that support the native language skills of English learners. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01