Education 308: World Languages Methodology

Bilingual Education Websites

 

What is Bilingual Education? | Current Events | Some Arguments in Favor of Bilingual Education |
Some Arguments against Bilingual Education | Some Examples of Bilingual Schools
Bilingual Education Resources | Testimony
Resources for English Learners


What is Bilingual Education?

Bilingual Education FAQs (from the U.S. Department of Education website)

The Intercultural Development Research Association page on Bilingual Education

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Current Events / Issues

Education Week on the Web "In Battle Over Proposition 227, Both Sides Command Armies and Statistics." by Lynn Schnaiberg

Proposition 227 - English Language in Public Schools: Initiative Statute

No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 Legislation

A NewsHour Report on Bilingual Education (September 21, 1997)

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Some Arguments in Favor of Bilingual Education

"Why Bilingual Education?" by Stephen Krashen (professor of education at the University of Southern California)

"What Price English?" by Lynn Schnaiberg Education Week on the Web. April 29, 1998.

"Some California Schoools Finding Ways Around Prop. 227" by Lynn Schnaiberg Education Week on the Web. September 30, 1998.

TITLE VII--BILINGUAL EDUCATION, LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENT, AND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS

Issues in U.S. Language Policy: Bilingual Education from James Crawford's website

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Some Arguments against Bilingual Education

"The Case Against Bilingual Education" by Rosalie Pedalino Porter. Atlantic Monthly Online, May 1998.

English For the Children

English For the Children - All Initiative Texts Including Massachusetts 2002 Campaign, Leadership and Texts

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Some Examples of Bilingual Schools

Escole Bilingue de Berkeley - East Bay French-American School

The Chinese American International School - San Francisco Bay area

American Indian Language Development Institute and Southwest Memory Project - University of Arizona, Tucson

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Bilingual Education Resources

Lesson Plans and Resources for ESL, Bilingual and Foreign Language Teachers - a website of Marty Levine, Professor Emeritus, California State University, Northridge

Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence
Order Books, Links, Conferences, Annotated Bibliographies, About Us, ...

Education Week on the Web: Bilingual Education
A Brief background essay an an important education issue in America.

National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition & Language Instruction Educational Programs
(formerly The National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education)
Articles, research reports, & links to related sites.

Teaching Indigenous Languages (Jon Reyhner)
Language teaching suggestions for indigenous and other languages

University of Southern California - Center for Multilingual Multicultural Research
Four principal activities: (1) research; (2) publications; (3) training; and (4) public service

The Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students (OELA - part of the U.S. Department of Education)

The National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)

The Center for Applied Linguistics Directory of Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Programs

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Testimony

The Hispanic Dropout Report (from the U.S. Department of Education website)

"No More Excuses: The Final Report of the Hispanic Dropout Project" - Released February 2, 1998

Raising a bilingual and biliterate child: My experience - April 2002

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Resources for English Learners

California Deptartment of Education - English Learners: Language and Culture in Education

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