Learning in Two Languages.

Overview & Synopsis

This booklet is a guide to the various aspects of bilingual education. It consists of the following chapters: (1) "Sink or Swim Educational Approach" (which discusses the practice of ignoring the linguistic problems of non-English-speaking children in American schools), (2) "Bilingual Instruction" (the two methods of teaching English to linguistic minority students, the native language approach and the pull-out ESL (English as a Second Language) method, are considered), (3) "The Effects of Bilingualism," (4) "Bicultural Instruction," (5) "Highlights of Bilingual Education in the United States," (6) "Social Implications of Bilingual Education," (7) "Goals and Objectives for Bilingual-Bicultural Programs," (8) "Design of Bilingual-Bicultural Education Programs," (9)"Bilingual-Bicultural Education and the Future," and (10) "Sources of Information on Bilingual-Bicultural Education." (CFM)