Effective Bilingual Programs

Learning two languages confuses children and impairs their cognitive ability

• True
• False

Bilingual Education is equally effective for all language-minority students.

• True

• False

The goal of bilingual education is to help minority-language students acquire as effectively as possible the English skills they will need to succeed in school and society.

• True

• False

Which a factor of an effective bilingual program?

• Popularity of the program

• Students & the community

• Knowledgable & proactive leadership

Effective bilingual programs should not neglect the ____ language.

Only teachers should look to continuously improve their knowledge on bilingual education.

• False

• True

Effective bilingual programs promote language and ___ development.