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Download full textKrashen, Stephen – 1997
This digest examines criticism of bilingual education and its effect on public opinion, discusses the rationale underlying good bilingual education programs, and summarizes research findings that reveal programs' effectiveness. Quality bilingual education provides students with knowledge and literacy in their first language, which indirectly but…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Criticism, Educational Attitudes, Educational Research
Rodriguez-Brown, Flora V. – 1979
A study of Spanish-speaking children in the first and third grade showed that English proficiency was least fostered by reading instruction in Spanish only, followed by bilingual instruction, with those students receiving instruction in English only becoming most proficient but still far less so than their English-speaking peers. Besides…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Educational Research, Elementary Education
