Hyperlinks
https://teachercertification.com/bilingual-education-importance-benefits-in-schools/
https://www2.ed.gov/documents/early-learning/talk-read-sing/bilingual-en.pdf
I chose these two links to share about this reading because this reading was very deep when it comes to talking about bilingual education and sense of self. Doing my service learning placement in PPSD has opened my eyes so much to the importance of respecting bilingual education. About 1/3 of the class I'm in right now are Spanish speakers and most do not speak English but are taught primarily in English. I am not sure how I feel about this because they are only in kindergarten but I feel like kindergarten is such a crucial year for learning and some of these kids are being taught by a teacher who only speaks English and an assistant teacher who has picked up a few words and phrases of Spanish so I'm not sure if they are benefitting from this.
The first link dives deeper into what bilingual education is, the benefit of it in schools and what bilingual education may look like in a classroom.
The second link is a PDF from the US department of ed and it talks about how bilingual education is important for early childhood and how it benefits their cognitive development, social emotional development, and how it can lead to long term success in adulthood.
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