[EDLING:2300] US: Push for Official Language Would Challenge Bilingual Schools

[Francis M. Hult]

AXcessNews.com

Push for Official Language Would Challenge Bilingual Schools

Immersion centers would preserve the English language, said K.C. McAlpin, 
executive director of ProEnglish, by teaching core classes like math, science 
and history in English while requiring non-English speakers to take 
supplementary English courses. Bilingual schools introduce English gradually 
and teach students some subjects in their native languages for a time.

An immersion center would require students to practice more English than a 
bilingual school, McAlpin said, meaning they would perform better on English 
proficiency tests.

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