OT – Bilingual Education

[briansd1]

Bilingual education doesn’t have to be to the detriment of English education, just as history classes don’t have to be instead of sport activities.

In fact, those who study a foreign language are better English speakers because it forces them to understand grammar and syntax of English, as it compares to the foreign language.

A foreign language is a skill (even if only a social skill) that makes a person more “attractive” in a globalized world.

[CA renter]

brian,

The reality clashes with your idealism. The kids I’m talking about have very little/no academic support at home, so every hour you spend on foreign language learning in the classroom takes away from very valuable time that can be spent on English instruction, or math, or science, or…

Again, the kids whose parents value education and who can work with their kids at home can do well learning other languages, but there are far too many kids who are already slipping through the cracks, and taking away even more time from academic instruction (or English language instruction) really hampers their ability to compete with their peers.

[CA renter]

brian,

The reality clashes with your idealism. The kids I’m talking about have very little/no academic support at home, so every hour you spend on foreign language learning in the classroom takes away from very valuable time that can be spent on English instruction, or math, or science, or…

Again, the kids whose parents value education and who can work with their kids at home can do well learning other languages, but there are far too many kids who are already slipping through the cracks, and taking away even more time from academic instruction (or English language instruction) really hampers their ability to compete with their peers.

[CA renter]

brian,

The reality clashes with your idealism. The kids I’m talking about have very little/no academic support at home, so every hour you spend on foreign language learning in the classroom takes away from very valuable time that can be spent on English instruction, or math, or science, or…

Again, the kids whose parents value education and who can work with their kids at home can do well learning other languages, but there are far too many kids who are already slipping through the cracks, and taking away even more time from academic instruction (or English language instruction) really hampers their ability to compete with their peers.

[CA renter]

brian,

The reality clashes with your idealism. The kids I’m talking about have very little/no academic support at home, so every hour you spend on foreign language learning in the classroom takes away from very valuable time that can be spent on English instruction, or math, or science, or…

Again, the kids whose parents value education and who can work with their kids at home can do well learning other languages, but there are far too many kids who are already slipping through the cracks, and taking away even more time from academic instruction (or English language instruction) really hampers their ability to compete with their peers.

[CA renter]

brian,

The reality clashes with your idealism. The kids I’m talking about have very little/no academic support at home, so every hour you spend on foreign language learning in the classroom takes away from very valuable time that can be spent on English instruction, or math, or science, or…

Again, the kids whose parents value education and who can work with their kids at home can do well learning other languages, but there are far too many kids who are already slipping through the cracks, and taking away even more time from academic instruction (or English language instruction) really hampers their ability to compete with their peers.

[scaredyclassic]

in reality? kids are elastic. time is different for them than for us. i dispute this “limited hours to cram specific material” in their heads.
it only takes a baby a couple years to learn a foreign language!

[scaredyclassic]

in reality? kids are elastic. time is different for them than for us. i dispute this “limited hours to cram specific material” in their heads.
it only takes a baby a couple years to learn a foreign language!

[scaredyclassic]

in reality? kids are elastic. time is different for them than for us. i dispute this “limited hours to cram specific material” in their heads.
it only takes a baby a couple years to learn a foreign language!

[scaredyclassic]

in reality? kids are elastic. time is different for them than for us. i dispute this “limited hours to cram specific material” in their heads.
it only takes a baby a couple years to learn a foreign language!

[scaredyclassic]

in reality? kids are elastic. time is different for them than for us. i dispute this “limited hours to cram specific material” in their heads.
it only takes a baby a couple years to learn a foreign language!

[CA renter]

For teachers in a regular classroom (with a strict curriculum and various legal requirements for certain activities, etc.), this time constraint is very real, unfortunately.

Like you, we HS, so I’m with you on the “elastic learning,” but that’s not how it is in an institutionalized learning environment. 😉

[CA renter]

For teachers in a regular classroom (with a strict curriculum and various legal requirements for certain activities, etc.), this time constraint is very real, unfortunately.

Like you, we HS, so I’m with you on the “elastic learning,” but that’s not how it is in an institutionalized learning environment. 😉

[CA renter]

For teachers in a regular classroom (with a strict curriculum and various legal requirements for certain activities, etc.), this time constraint is very real, unfortunately.

Like you, we HS, so I’m with you on the “elastic learning,” but that’s not how it is in an institutionalized learning environment. 😉

[CA renter]

For teachers in a regular classroom (with a strict curriculum and various legal requirements for certain activities, etc.), this time constraint is very real, unfortunately.

Like you, we HS, so I’m with you on the “elastic learning,” but that’s not how it is in an institutionalized learning environment. 😉

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