{"id":2829,"date":"2017-09-28T11:54:18","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T15:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.little-sponges.com\/?p=2829"},"modified":"2018-03-21T12:35:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T16:35:08","slug":"bilingual-education-really-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.little-sponges.com\/index.php\/2017\/09\/28\/bilingual-education-really-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Bilingual Education Really Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2829\" class=\"elementor elementor-2829 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-pgelddv elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"pgelddv\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dzxdf93\" data-id=\"dzxdf93\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3obj3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b3obj3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We here at Little Sponges wholeheartedly believe in bilingual education.<\/p><p>Literally hundreds of scientific studies over the past half century have shown that bilingual education \u2013 when well designed and well implemented \u2013 is an effective approach for teaching second language learners. These findings have been consistent across numerous national borders and languages of instruction, all pointing to the conclusion that bilingual education &#8220;works.&#8221;<\/p><p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506608328722_8535\">When schools provide children quality education in their primary language, they give them two things: knowledge and literacy. The knowledge that children get through their first language helps make the English they hear and read more comprehensible. Literacy developed in the primary language transfers to the second language. The reason is simple: Because we learn to read by reading \u2013 that is, by making sense of what is on the page (Smith, 1994) \u2013 it is easier to learn to read in a language we understand. Once we can read in one language, we can read in general.<\/p><p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506608328722_8537\">Proficiency in a second language does not develop separately in the brain, but builds on proficiency in the first language.<\/p><p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506608328722_9153\">Case Studies:<\/p><p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506608328722_3302\">Ramirez et al. (1991). This federally funded study traced the progress of more than 2,000 Spanish-speaking ELLs in nine school districts in five states over a four-year period. It found that students in developmental bilingual programs \u2013 which featured a gradual transition to English \u2013 significantly outperformed their counterparts in quick-exit, transitional bilingual programs and in all-English immersion programs when all three groups were tested in English.<\/p><p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506608328722_3441\">Oller and Eilers (2000). The researchers compared 952 students in Dade County, Florida, enrolled in bilingual and English immersion programs. It reported that bilingual children scored higher in English literacy by 2nd grade \u2013 a gap that widened significantly by 5th grade.<\/p><p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506608328722_3299\">Thomas and Collier (2002). Another federally funded study, this research confirmed the patterns reported by Ramirez et al. ELLs in Houston did better academically in programs that stressed native-language development. 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