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Statement of Scope for Annotated Bibliography A large misunderstanding about Mexican immigrants it that they are crossing over to America and stealing jobs and potential work from American citizens. In Gabriel Thompsons autobiographical book Working in the Shadows he explores jobs that are in extremely high demand for workers although, a large majority of Americans wont do. In order to be able to relate and understand the increasing Mexican-American majority that is growing in the United States. Latin America has been and will be close to the United States, therefore it would be in the best interest of the American people to learn and understand the Spanish language. This essay will explore the way that foreign languages are included in the American schooling system, and in specific the Spanish language. From kindergarten to twelfth grade students are being taught the English language and reinforced on proper grammatical prose. Although it is important that American students learn the basic and intermediate rules of the English language, it seems almost as important that students learn other languages, or more specifically the Spanish language. With the large influx of Mexican immigrants to the United States, it seems beneficial that Americans take in as much of the Spanish language and culture. This selected bibliography includes articles featured in newspapers, magazines, and educational journals concerning the topics of bilingual education. There are articles that focus on both elementary and high school students ability to learn multiple languages while being taught in school. Some articles focus only on bilingual education in a broad sense, not focusing on any specific language. Although there are a couple of articles that focus specifically on the education of both English and Spanish in American classrooms and its effectiveness on the students performance on standardized tests compared to students learning one language. Altogether these articles help shed some light on the effects of bilingual education on the American students performance on standardized tests and retention of the language learned.
Bibliography Amselle, Jorge `. "Bye-bye to Bilingual Ed?" The World & I 1 Mar. 2000: 12-13. ELlibrary. Web. 15 Sept. 2013. This article talks about Proposition 227, a law that required schools to teach English to all students, effectively killing a majority of
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to be passed. Kenji Hakuta an education professor at Stanford University claimed that there was no difference between schools that had implemented Proposition 227 and ones that hadn't. This reflects the ability for this relatively new laws effectiveness on students education. Eaton, Susan. "Have We Learned Our Language Lesson?" Poverty & Race 21.6: 6. ELibrary. Web. 15 Sept. 2013. This article discusses Massachusetts' English only law which requires schools to strictly teach in English leaving very little room for bilingual teaching programs to operate, except in special cases. Although this was passed in 2002, Massachusetts schools are starting to push against this method of teaching to make room for what is known as "two way bilingual" in which educators teach in both English and Spanish with a class of native speakers of both languages. This allows for integration of two differing social groups of children and positively exposes native English speakers to Spanish language and culture and vise versa for Spanish speakers. Gilroy, Marilyn. "Bilingual education on the edge." The Education Digest 67.5 (2002): 50. E-Library. Web. 9 Sept. 2013. The author of the article, Marilyn Gilroy, is talking about how beneficial bilingual education would be to America's youth. Although Gilroy states that bilingual education is difficult to teach because of learning curves and differences in the way individual students learn a language. She also states that the American education system is already having difficulty with getting students passing school, so it wouldn't be very beneficial to force it onto the education system at this time.
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Johnathan, Charney. "Hiring Teachers From Abroad." School Administrator 1 Mar. 2009: n. pag. E-Library. Web. 13 Sept. 2013. This article talks about the perks of having teachers from abroad coming to America and how it helps parents who don't natively speak English understand what their children are doing in school. This helps the parents get involved with their child's education more than if they had a primarily English speaking teacher. Additional positives of having teachers from abroad is that they are equally proficient in teaching both English and Spanish to students, while being able to spread the influence of another culture to children living in rural areas. Met, Myriam. "Improving Students' Capacity in Foreign Languages." Phi Delta Kappa 86.3 (2004): 214. E-Library. Web. 15 Sept. 2013. This document talks about the positive aspects of learning two languages while in school. It states that when children are taught the same curriculum except in a different language, that these students preform equally or surpass students learning one language at a time. Sadly, the article discusses the opportunity for children to actually study multiple languages, and it turns that about one third of American students have the opportunity to learn a second language. The majority of schools that don't offer this option are schools in large urban cities.