Bilingual Education

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• Home: Family: Parenting: Child Education: Bilingualism  (3)
• Reference: Education: K through 12: Bilingual Education  (58)
• Science: Social Sciences: Linguistics: Languages: Constructed: International Auxiliary: Esperanto: Native Speakers  (3)
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National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language Instruction Educational Programs (NCELA) -  .

- Funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs (OBEMLA) to collect, analyze, and disseminate information relating to the effective education of linguistically and culturally diverse learners in the U.S.

CREDE Research on Bilingual Education - - UCSC Researchers find all students benefit from strong cognitive and academic instruction conducted in their first languag.

Cummins & Genzuk Report - - An analysis of longitudinal study of structured English immersion and early exit and late-exit transitional bilingual education programs for language-minority children.

Educating Language-Minority Children - - Diane August and Kenji Hakuta, Editors. A review of the current knowledge about the education of limited-English proficient students.

Improving Schooling for Language-Minority Children - - Outlines the research needs in the area of instruction of limited-English proficient students.

Language Policy: Bilingualism and Intelligence - - Handouts for a Language Policy college course. Somewhat cryptic, but a good introduction or review.

A Model for Language Teachers and Educators - - Analysis of an interview conducted at San Diego State University in 1995 with Dr. Li-Rong Lilly Cheng.

Moving in and Out of Bilingualism: Native Language Maintenance and Shift - - Study of maintenance and loss of bilingual language skills amongst Mexican-descent children in the United States.

Readings in Bilingual Education - - Collection of articles on bilingual education policy and practice.

SEDL - Language and Diversity Program - - The research activities of the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory. Program models for the education of immigrant children and second-language learners.

Stabilizing Indigenous Languages: Additional Papers - - Papers describing bilingual education efforts for speakers of indigenous languages.

Teaching Indigenous Languages - - An online text which examines the social and linguistic implications of teaching indigenous languages in public schools.

Theoretical Principles of Bilingual Education - - A slide show reviewing the research basis for bilingual education. Based on the work of Jim Cummins.

Why Bilingual Education? - - By Stephen Krashen. This article explains the rationale underlying good bilingual education programs and summarizes research findings about their effectiveness.