Cycle 2 Bilingual Education Immigration Unit Cycle 2 Bilingual Education

Today we will start learning about: Bilingual Education

Bilingual education is an approach to teaching that uses two languages: English Student’s native language For example: If a teacher uses English and Spanish to teach a lesson, that is bilingual education.

A native language is the first language a person learns at home (usually from their parents) Spanish! This baby is learning English from his mom, so his native language will be English. This baby is learning French from her mom, so her native language will be French. This baby is learning Spanish from his mom. What will his native language be?

Is English the official language of the United States? No! The United States doesn’t have an “official language.” Why would it be useful to learn English anyway?

People in the United States speak many different languages. People speak 350 different languages in the U.S. The most commonly spoken languages are: English Spanish Chinese French Tagalog (spoken in the Philippines) What language do you speak? What is your native language?

Bilingual Education Vocabulary

Proponent/Opponent pro- = for

Proponent/Opponent Proponent means someone who is in favor of (for) something Opponent means someone who is not in favor of (against) something For example: If someone thinks that bilingual education is good, they are a proponent of bilingual education. For example: If someone thinks that bilingual education is not good, they are an opponent of bilingual education.

The Portuguese word for proponent is ____________. proponente The Portuguese word for opponent is __________. oponente

Advantage/Disadvantage dis- = not

An advantage is something that makes it easier to succeed. For example: Bilingual education gives bilingual students an advantage because they get to learn in their native language, too. For example: If someone gets a head-start in a race, they are at an advantage because they are more likely to win.

A disadvantage is something that makes it harder to succeed. For example: This boy is smaller than his older brother and that makes it harder for him to win. He is at a disadvantage. For example: Bilingual education might put bilingual students at a disadvantage because it is hard to learn two languages.

The Portuguese word for advantage is ____________. vantagem The Portuguese word for disadvantage is _______________. desvantagem

Policy

A policy is a set of rules or a plan, especially in government or business. For example: In some states, there is a policy that students will be taught in English only.

The Portuguese word for policy is ____________. política

-ly = a suffix that forms an adverb out of an adjective Proficiently -ly = a suffix that forms an adverb out of an adjective

Proficient means to be good at something as a result of a lot of practice. For example: If some students practice speaking English everyday and they become really good at it, then they are called proficient.

The Portuguese word for proficient is ____________. proficiente

Proponent/Opponent Advantage/Disadvantage Policy Proficiently Immigration Unit Cycle 1 Bilingual Education