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Fatima Garcia
Brenda Leon Flores
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November 13, 2019
Essay: Bilingual Education
According to aft.org, about 40 million elementary students in the United States have a
bilingual education program. Bilingual Education is considered to be an effective way of
learning a new language; it refers to the use of two or more languages as mediums of instruction
for content subjects. Bilingual Education has some challenges, but can benefit people in many
ways and give them good advantages in life.
People with a bilingual education may face some challenges.
Bilingual education is more common in children who are around their elementary years.
Since they are in the stage of their lives were they start to develop, one of the most common
challenge they may face is the language delay, which is commonly confused with speech delays.
Language delay is completely normal and it comes up because the child takes longer to become
fluent in both languages. The reason why this happens is because they are exposed to double of
vocabulary that those kids that have, what we call, a normal education. Mixing languages is
another common example of having a bilingual education. We see this when kids use whichever
words they know to make themselves understood. One more example of the challenge that this
children may face is on reading and writing. This subjects will require more effort from the child
to properly master them because we know that they will never become proficient in both
languages as one of the two languages will always be stronger than the other.
Knowing these challenges is important because you will be able to better understand
what the child will be going through and therefore be able to help them if they are planning to
quit. Parents and instructors alike understand the importance of knowing a child’s amount of
