History of Bilingual Education

History of Bilingual Education

According to historians , bilingual education has been also an essential part of the immigrant life and experience in the USA . The history of education dates back to Colonial periods and native-language schooling in those times was considered as a rule rather than exception . After immigrants had settled in the USA , they began to teach their offspring in their own languages , although their attempts were restricted by English instructions . Actually , bilingual education has originated from German . In the late 19th century Polish , Dutch , Italian , Scandinavian and French schools

were established . It is known that during up to 1880 the medium of instructions in Louisiana was French , whereas since 1848 the medium has been Spanish . In the early 20th century first German-English schools were founded in Baltimore , Indianapolis and Cincinnati

Further , it is necessary to underline that through 1950 the development of bilingual education decreased significantly because of World War II and partly due to intense nationalistic mood of the country . Fore example , President Roosevelt explained immigrants that there is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism and any man who comes here must adopt the institutions of the United States , and , therefore he must adopt the language which is now the native tongue of our people no matter what the several strains in our blood may be . After World War II softer approach to assimilation was created by missionaries . In the middle 20th century English was provided as a second language with the purpose to teach students and diplomats to comprehend other cultures , though later only minority students were allowed to teach it Actually , bilingual schooling was reborn since 1963 after the creation of bilingual programs in Florida and Dade County . The programs were developed by Cubans after the Cuban revolution of 1959 .Nowadays bilingual education is common approach to education involving not simply learning English grammar and vocabulary , but also involves oral expression and reading

References

History of Bilingual Education (1998 , Spring . Retrieved November 30 , 2006 , from HYPERLINK "http /www .rethinkingschools .org /archive /12_03 /langhst .shtml http /www .rethinkingschools .org /archive /12_03 /langhst .shtml

The History of Bilingual Education (1999 , July 7 . Retrieved November 30 , 2006 , from HYPERLINK "http /www .trincoll .edu tosorio /history .htm http /www .trincoll .edu tosorio /history .htm

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