Two-Way Bilingual Education:

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" Two-Way Bilingual Education: "
Christian, Donna

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	908456
Doc. No	:	LA567256ft
Title & Author	:	Two-Way Bilingual Education:. Students Learning Through Two Languages [Article]\ Christian, Donna
Date	:	1994
Title of Periodical	:	UC Berkeley
Abstract	:	In a growing number of schools in the United States, students are learning through two languages in programs that aim to develop dual language proficiency along with academic achievement. These two-way bilingual programs integrate language minority and language majority students and provide content area instruction and language development in two languages.A study of over 160 schools between 1991 and 1994 provides a picture of the current state of two-way bilingual education in the United States. Two-way programs typically share the goals of bilingual proficiency, academic achievement, and positive cross-cultural attitudes and behaviors, but they vary a good deal in the approaches and strategies they use to work toward those goals. A host of local factors affect such issues as student enrollment, program features and design, and instructional features.Emerging results of studies of two-way bilingual programs point to their effectiveness in educating nonnative-English-speaking students, their promise of expanding our nation's language resources by conserving the native language skills of minority students and developing second language skills in English-speaking students, and their hope of improving relationships between majority and minority groups by enhancing cross-cultural understanding and appreciation.