OT – Bilingual Education

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I enjoyed watching this documentary last night. Highly recommended.

http://www.pbs.org/speaking-in-tongues/

With all the controversy over immigration and English only language, it’s good to see that some parents are sending their kids to bilingual schools.

In the film there was one guy who said that America is the most linguistically rich country in the world. Why would we want to obliterate all that knowledge by teaching English only?

At a time when 31 states have passed “English Only” laws, four pioneering families put their children in public schools where, from the first day of kindergarten, their teachers speak mostly Chinese or Spanish.

Speaking in Tongues follows four diverse kids on a journey to become bilingual. This charming story will challenge you to rethink the skills that Americans need in the 21st century.

http://speakingintonguesfilm.info/

[Anonymous]

Learning other languages is fun and intellecutally interesting pursuit. However, from a practical point of view it is highly overrated. Fact is, English is the most important and widely spoken language in the world. It is the de-facto standard for international business, is the mandatory international language of aviation and obviously is the only language necessary to live and conduct business in the United States.

This topic always comes up (mainly by liberals) that our children need to learn other languages to be succesful. I do agree that language learning is worthwile intellectual pursuit, but I am tired of all the fearmongering that children need to learn some other language in order to be successful because that is total bull crap. Unless you are living abroad or working in internation sales positions, there is no practical need to know any language other than English.

[Anonymous]

Learning other languages is fun and intellecutally interesting pursuit. However, from a practical point of view it is highly overrated. Fact is, English is the most important and widely spoken language in the world. It is the de-facto standard for international business, is the mandatory international language of aviation and obviously is the only language necessary to live and conduct business in the United States.

This topic always comes up (mainly by liberals) that our children need to learn other languages to be succesful. I do agree that language learning is worthwile intellectual pursuit, but I am tired of all the fearmongering that children need to learn some other language in order to be successful because that is total bull crap. Unless you are living abroad or working in internation sales positions, there is no practical need to know any language other than English.

[Anonymous]

Learning other languages is fun and intellecutally interesting pursuit. However, from a practical point of view it is highly overrated. Fact is, English is the most important and widely spoken language in the world. It is the de-facto standard for international business, is the mandatory international language of aviation and obviously is the only language necessary to live and conduct business in the United States.

This topic always comes up (mainly by liberals) that our children need to learn other languages to be succesful. I do agree that language learning is worthwile intellectual pursuit, but I am tired of all the fearmongering that children need to learn some other language in order to be successful because that is total bull crap. Unless you are living abroad or working in internation sales positions, there is no practical need to know any language other than English.

[Anonymous]

Learning other languages is fun and intellecutally interesting pursuit. However, from a practical point of view it is highly overrated. Fact is, English is the most important and widely spoken language in the world. It is the de-facto standard for international business, is the mandatory international language of aviation and obviously is the only language necessary to live and conduct business in the United States.

This topic always comes up (mainly by liberals) that our children need to learn other languages to be succesful. I do agree that language learning is worthwile intellectual pursuit, but I am tired of all the fearmongering that children need to learn some other language in order to be successful because that is total bull crap. Unless you are living abroad or working in internation sales positions, there is no practical need to know any language other than English.

[Anonymous]

Learning other languages is fun and intellecutally interesting pursuit. However, from a practical point of view it is highly overrated. Fact is, English is the most important and widely spoken language in the world. It is the de-facto standard for international business, is the mandatory international language of aviation and obviously is the only language necessary to live and conduct business in the United States.

This topic always comes up (mainly by liberals) that our children need to learn other languages to be succesful. I do agree that language learning is worthwile intellectual pursuit, but I am tired of all the fearmongering that children need to learn some other language in order to be successful because that is total bull crap. Unless you are living abroad or working in internation sales positions, there is no practical need to know any language other than English.

[UCGal]

There are opportunities to learn other languages even within the San Diego unified public school system.

http://spreckelsweb.net/w/index.php?title=Main_Page

Spreckels – one of the elementary schools in University City is a spanish language magnet.

[UCGal]

There are opportunities to learn other languages even within the San Diego unified public school system.

http://spreckelsweb.net/w/index.php?title=Main_Page

Spreckels – one of the elementary schools in University City is a spanish language magnet.

[UCGal]

There are opportunities to learn other languages even within the San Diego unified public school system.

http://spreckelsweb.net/w/index.php?title=Main_Page

Spreckels – one of the elementary schools in University City is a spanish language magnet.

[UCGal]

There are opportunities to learn other languages even within the San Diego unified public school system.

http://spreckelsweb.net/w/index.php?title=Main_Page

Spreckels – one of the elementary schools in University City is a spanish language magnet.

[UCGal]

There are opportunities to learn other languages even within the San Diego unified public school system.

http://spreckelsweb.net/w/index.php?title=Main_Page

Spreckels – one of the elementary schools in University City is a spanish language magnet.

[Diego Mamani]

[quote]This topic always comes up (mainly by liberals) that our children need to learn other languages…[/quote]

Didn’t we have a rule against hijacking a thread for political purposes?

[Diego Mamani]

[quote]This topic always comes up (mainly by liberals) that our children need to learn other languages…[/quote]

Didn’t we have a rule against hijacking a thread for political purposes?

[Diego Mamani]

[quote]This topic always comes up (mainly by liberals) that our children need to learn other languages…[/quote]

Didn’t we have a rule against hijacking a thread for political purposes?

[Diego Mamani]

[quote]This topic always comes up (mainly by liberals) that our children need to learn other languages…[/quote]

Didn’t we have a rule against hijacking a thread for political purposes?

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