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Bilingual education — involves teaching all subjects in school through two different languages in the United States, instruction occurs in English and a minority language, such as Spanish or Chinese, with varying amounts of each language used in accordance with the… … Wikipedia
bilingual education — (shuangyu jiaoyu) is an official policy adopted by the Chinese government in areas inhabited by minority groups. It aims at promoting the use of the languages both of the minority groups and of the Han Chinese among the minority people. In 1951,… … Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture
Bilingual Education Act — The Bilingual Education Act of 1968 was the first piece of United States federal legislation in regards to minority language speakers. The bill was introduced in 1967 by Texas senator Ralph Yarborough. Its purpose was to provide school districts… … Wikipedia
bilingual education — noun : education in an English language school system in which minority students with little fluency in English are taught in their native tongue * * * schooling in which those not fluent in the standard or national language are taught in their… … Useful english dictionary
bilingual education — schooling in which those not fluent in the standard or national language are taught in their own language. [1970 75] * * * … Universalium
Debating Bilingual Education — ▪ Primary Source The movement for bilingual education gained steam in 1974 with the passage of the Bilingual Education Act and the Equal Education Opportunity Act, which mandated that all federally funded schools meet the special… … Universalium
National Association for Bilingual Education — The National Association for Bilingual Education is an American advocacy group that provides teacher training, educational leadership, and lobbying efforts on behalf of legislation regarding individuals learning English as a second language. They … Wikipedia
Transitional bilingual education — is an educational theory that states that children can most easily acquire fluency in a second language by first acquiring fluency in their native language. Fluency is defined as linguistic fluency (e.g. speaking) as well as literacy (e.g.… … Wikipedia
Bilingual-bicultural education — Bilingual bicultural or BiBi educational programs focus on making the classroom bilingual via a means of natural native sign language used to buttress learning for a written spoken language.Famous examples of schools utilising the BiBi method in… … Wikipedia
Education in Singapore — Ministry of Education Minister Heng Swee Keat National education budget (2006) Budget S$6.966 billion General Details Primary Languages … Wikipedia
