{"id":4083,"date":"2017-11-02T11:42:20","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T15:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.little-sponges.com\/?p=4083"},"modified":"2018-03-21T17:12:01","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T21:12:01","slug":"dual-language-programs-rise-even-native-english-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.little-sponges.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/02\/dual-language-programs-rise-even-native-english-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Dual-Language Programs Are on the Rise, Even for Native English Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4083\" class=\"elementor elementor-4083 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-rcwpg9r elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"rcwpg9r\" 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-tsqt0st\" data-id=\"tsqt0st\" 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-oo38t9j elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"oo38t9j\" 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 class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"186\" data-total-count=\"186\">On one of the first days of class at Dos Puentes Elementary School in Upper Manhattan last month, a new student named Michelle peered up through pale blue glasses and took a deep breath.<\/p><p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"43\" data-total-count=\"229\">\u201cCan I drink water?\u201d Michelle, 6, said.<\/p><p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"75\" data-total-count=\"304\">\u201cDiga en Espa\u00f1ol,\u201d her first-grade teacher, Rebeca Madrigal, answered.<\/p><p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"16\" data-total-count=\"320\">Michelle paused.<\/p><p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"36\" data-total-count=\"356\">\u201cCan I drink agua?\u201d she replied.<\/p><p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"15\" data-total-count=\"371\">It was a start.<\/p><p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"423\" data-total-count=\"794\"><a href=\"http:\/\/schools.nyc.gov\/SchoolPortals\/06\/M103\/default.htm\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Dos<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Puentes<\/span><\/a>, a three-year-old school in the Washington Heights neighborhood, is a dual-language program, which means that subjects, like reading and math, are taught in two languages with the goal of making students bilingual. Once seen as a novelty, dual-language programs are now coming into favor as a boon to both native and nonnative English speakers, and in areas around the country their numbers have been exploding.<\/p><p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"365\" data-total-count=\"1159\">In New York City, there were 39\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/01\/15\/nyregion\/new-york-city-education-department-to-add-or-expand-40-dual-language-programs.html\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">new<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">or<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">expanded<\/span><\/a>\u00a0dual-language public-school programs this fall, in addition to an increase of about 25 programs two years ago. The city has about 180 such programs, according to the Department of Education. 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