US: State-Mandated English Policy Under Fire In Arizona

[Francis Hult]

NPR

 

State-Mandated English Policy Under Fire In Arizona

 

There are 150,000 schoolchildren in Arizona who don't know English. They're labeled ELLs - English-language learners. For four hours a day, ELLs are drilled on vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar.

 

Up until the late 1990s, schools in Arizona relied on various approaches to teaching English-language learners. Bilingual education was especially popular, although with mixed results, so it was banned in 2000.

 

Full story:

http://www.npr.org/2011/01/04/132655441/state-mandated-english-policy-under-fire-in-arizona

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