11. Controversy erupted because all children were required to take the test in English -- even those in bilingual classes. 12. Critics of bilingual education say that the process of switching students from bilingual classes to ESL can be long and arduous and is often discouraged by school administrators. 13. Every year children from ethnic minorities are railroaded into bilingual classes even if they speak English at home. 14. Few districts have enough speakers of any other language to offer transitional bilingual classes. 15. For many students, bilingual classes are a well-upholstered trap. 16. He realized that offering bilingual classes and English-as-a-second-language to immigrant students was simply not enough to keep reading scores up. 17. He said his grandson, raised in an English-speaking home, was assigned to bilingual classes because his elementary school offered none in English. 18. He is in seventh grade in all-English language classes after spending three years in bilingual classes. 19. Her father saw that she entered a public school with bilingual classes. 20. I have seen children in my bilingual class and children in English-only classes. |