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Title: Condemned Without a Trial : Bogus Arguments Against Bilingual Education by Stephen D. Krashen ISBN: 0-325-00129-4 Publisher: Heinemann Pub. Date: 28 January, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Bilingual Education - The story of a bilinqual child.
Comment: I am tired of hearing that bilingual education works. Human nature is such that we all gravitate to the easy road in life. This is the central problem with bilingual education. There is no incentive to put yourself through the humiliation of speaking a foreign language if you have no incentive. I learned to speak English at the age of five (as of yet my parents do not speak it). From the minute I entered grammar school I was placed in a classroom full of English speaking kids. I wanted to play with them and show I was not dumb - so I did the only thing I could, I learned to speak English. (PS - at this point you may say I had wonderfully supportive parents - NEVER HAPPENED, that had nothing to do with my success). I have scored in the 98th and 99th percentiles in my SAT, LSAT, and GMAT English tests. When a grammar expert is needed at my office, I am called upon. I am also not that unusual, just ask the other bilingual kids I went to school with who learned English the same way I did. Stop telling me self esteem is earned by gently guiding kids into a new language - the only thing that gentle guidance teaches kids is that they don't have to put themselves through the trauma of learning. Yes, trauma is terrible, but it is also a wonderful teacher. Only by experiencing that trauma will children ever have true self-esteem. Only then will they earn and enjoy the feeling of accomplishment learning a new language will give them. Only then will they have an opportunity to succeed in America. The premise of this book is ridiculous - why don't these authors ever inteview the children who lived in bilingual worlds, like me? Why is it that all of the children who learn English in bilingual programs say its successful, yet I never meet them at any professional association luncheons, see them running their own companies, call them Doctor or counselor, or find them in anything but low paying difficult jobs? Those jobs are great if they are what you want out of life, not great if they are all you can get out of life and book like these don't seem to point out that children educated in bilingual programs end up there because other opportunities are forecloseded to them. Push them to learn they will, show them they don't have to, they won't.
Rating: 5
Summary: required reading
Comment: Dr. Krashen presents a clear, documented analysis of bilingual education, verifying that when it is done right, it is the best way to educate language minority students. He accurately disects the arguments against bilingual education, showing that they are based in misinformation and prejudice. In light of ballot measures in California, Arizona, and across the country that would dismantle effective bilingual education and force all students to sink or swim, this should be required reading for all voters.
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