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Peer reviewedMcLaughlin, Barry – Bilingual Review, 1984
Discusses the limitations of immersion programs for minority-language children and examines submersion, transitional bilingual education, and reverse immersion approaches according to three criteria: theoretical consistency, fairness to children, and empirical support. Reverse immersion in which children acquire literacy skills in their native…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Children, English (Second Language), Immersion Programs
Peer reviewedWilson, Steven F. – READ Perspectives, 1993
Critiques the effectiveness of transitional bilingual education (TBE), focusing on the TBE program in Boston, Massachusetts. Also discusses alternatives to TBE, such as English as a Second Language pull-out programs and English immersion programs. (Contains 114 references.) (MDM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Criticism, Educational Attitudes, Educational Policy
Download full textKing, Edith W.; Houlton, David – 1984
The multiethnic situation in American schools in the 1980s can be compared to that of Britain in the 1960s, when a sudden influx of non-English-speaking children in great numbers taxed the resources of an educational system dedicated to the English language. Arguments favoring multicultural education are increasing in both countries, and the need…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Community Support, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Pluralism
