Bilingual Education

Question 1

What is ESL?

Answer 1

English as a Second Language

Question 2

What is English Immersion?

Answer 2

Instruction completely in English Language

“Sink or Swim” Method that has students falling behind

Question 3

What is Sheltered English (SDAI)?

Answer 3

Specifically designed academic instruction: Primary language is used to clarify instructions and focuses on Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development

It is subject mattered and used with Immersion.

Question 4

What is Transitional Bilingual Education?

Answer 4

Initial academic instruction is carried out in L1, but slowly transition to instruction in L2.

Question 5

What is Dual Immersion?

Answer 5

L1 and L2 are taught in the same classroom.

Goal is master subject matter and achieve proficiency in both languages.

Question 6

What was the Bilingual Education Act (1968)?

Answer 6

Provide federal funding for new education programs for students with limited English proficiency.

Question 7

What is Lau v. Nichols (1974;California)?

Answer 7

Not providing adequate help for students with limited or no English was in violation of Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 8

According to Crawford, how does he define language rights?

Answer 8

1. ) Right of freedom of discrimination on the basis of the language
2. ) right to use your language in the activities of communal life

Question 9

What is Prop 227?

Answer 9

Changing the way LEP
(Language English Proficient) students were taught in California by teaching in all English, eliminating bilingual classes.

Question 10

What were the Methods,Goal, and and Result to Utah Dual Immersion?

Answer 10

Goal: Create a more economic and culture advantaged Utah society for the global world and economy

Methods/Approach:
•50/50 English and preferred language
•Fun w/ immersed culture
•Have language minor before entering college

Results:
•Children are proficient in both language and content