One of the biggest problems in the school is how to treat the bilingualism. Nowadays,
there is a high percentage of immigrant people all over the world, and
therefore a lot of children in schools that use and know two languages.
So the question is… How can we use those two languages (the maternal
language and the second language) in schools, to improve the knowledge of the
kids in both languages?
Recently we found a new project called Two- Way Immersion Education. This
project, which is famous because it’s being used in the US, uses the method to
teach in a bilingual way.
The project Two-Ways Immersion Education it is characteristic for the
reason that:
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It has equivalent classes with the same number of
native and no-native children.
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And also because this group works together on the
areas called “areas of academic instruction” (mathematics, science…). This
model also helps the children to socialize with the other kids because the
method causes an interaction among them.
The goals of this project are:
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That, children develop high levels in both languages
by using bilingualism and biliteracy.
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All the students will demonstrate positive attitude
and behaviors above different cultures.
It’s important to know that
students, who have been tough by the Two-ways Immersion Education project gain
grade level academic ability, develop language and literacy skills in two
languages and cross-cultural competence.
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Comment:
After working in this entry
for the blog we think that bilingualism matters, it’s important to recognize
the maternal language of the children but also improve the knowledge and sills
in the vehicular language of the school.
Two-Ways Immersion Education
program it’s a good method to improve both languages and also it’s good for
children to socialize with other cultures.
The text that we have used:
If you want to know more
information about the project visit:
Clara Manent Grau
and Sharon Portugal Rosa
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