Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Bilingual Education: does it help or hinder children?

 



Aria by Richard Rodriguez was an article that definitely piqued my interest. This is an argument post. Rodriguez argues that although those who learn a public language lose a sense of individualism, they can gain a different sense of individualism by becoming one with what is already public knowledge. I really think that the main point was that although Rodriguez felt less close to his parents, and a kind of language barrier was created between them, he grew closer to society and the public by learning a language that was more popular in the public eye. Rodriguez disagrees with current educators who study bilingual students; because they say that they lose individuality when they become part of a society. Rodriguez argues that there are two type of individuals. Both private and public, and when one is lost, the other is gained. That is the point that Rodriguez is trying to make, and the point that he thinks that educators are missing today. These children are not just losing out on something, they are also gaining something that Rodriguez refers to as “public individualism”.

http://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/BilingualChildren.htm

The attached link has much more information about teaching bilingual children and answers many questions regarding children who speak two languages or are multicultural.

http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/papers/keith.html

The link above is a resource I found that is directed toward multicultural education (I found it very interesting, so you guys should check it out!)


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