Dream of a Common Language. Sueño de un Idioma Común

The graduates of a radical bilingual education program at Alicia R. Chacón International, in El Paso, would have no trouble reading either of these headlines. What can they teach the rest of us about the future of Texas?

... the dual language experiment has been a success by any measure. By the sixth grade, kids in the program—regardless of which language they spoke when they first enrolled—are outscoring native English speakers on the TAKS tests. They can also read, write, and speak Spanish at a sophisticated level. Full Story »

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Peter Henry
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by Peter Henry - Aug. 24, 2009

Excellent story on the immersion model of bilingual education, where ALL students learn both Spanish and English continuously for many years, until they are fluent in both languages. Courses are taught in both languages. What a refreshing idea! The politics of multilingual education are also discussed - there are political forces at work to minimize bilingual education requirements, with the result that Spanish speakers are exited into English-speaking academic classes before they have mastered either Spanish or English. This story points the way forward.

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