Bilingual Education in the United StatesAmong all the American institutions that exist today, the education system has one of the greatest impacts on people's lives, especially for immigrants and their children who do not know how speak English. The English language offers a completely new and different perspective for people coming to America for the first time; their entire environment also changes. Most people coming to the United States are Hispanics, who usually live at a poverty level. Like all those who come to America, they want to pursue a better quality of life and to do so you must be able to speak the universal language, the English language. The education myth here is that everyone can learn equally through the English language, but this is not the case. Bilingual education is important to apply in schools because it not only helps students but also their parents. Since their first language is not English, bilingual education will really help them because it not only helps them succeed in traditional classrooms that give instruction in English, but also aims to preserve the native language as well as master the English; they cannot learn if they do not understand what the teacher or professor says. Working with the Monument Crisis Center as a community partner, I noticed that most of the people who work there speak Spanish. Working there for the past three months, I've also noticed that most of their customers are Hispanic. They usually don't speak much English, so the operators who do speak help them every time they arrive at the Monument Crisis Center (MCC). I actually had the opportunity to make phone calls to MCC and I had the opportunity to use my Spanish language...... middle of paper...... thousands of years. In general, bilingual education refers to any use of two languages in school, by teachers, students, or both, for a variety of social and pedagogical purposes. It also refers to different classroom approaches that use English language learners' (ELLs) native languages for instruction. These approaches include teaching English, promoting academic achievement, acculturating immigrants into a new society, and preserving the linguistic and cultural heritage of a minority group. By building on students' native language skills, rather than simply discarding them, you can create a stronger foundation for success in English and academically. Furthermore, if students learn languages at a young age, they will be easier to remember and learn them than if they were older. It helps in learning another language for students and can be useful in the future.
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