%0 Book
%A Renard Teipelke
%D 2009
%C München, Germany
%I GRIN Verlag
%@ 9783640402250
%T Bilingual Education in the US
%B English as a Second Language for Hispanic Children in School
%R 10.3239/9783640402250
%U https://www.hausarbeiten.de/document/131112
%X On the introductory historical basis, the role of bilingual education, with focus on English as a second language for Hispanic children in school, will be presented in this paper. After a theoretical introduction, I examine the arguments for and against the bilingual education by balancing previous research on this issue. Then I will analyze the problems in this field and the language legislation in the US. For a better understanding of the importance of bilingualism in the US, I will refer to the interest groups, the differences between the states, and to the issue of identity. To conclude, I will focus on English and Spanish as world languages and try an outlook on the future of the multicultural US.
%K bilingual, education, united states, usa, english, spanish, second language, language, hispanic, children, school, esl, immersion, cultural maintenance, world language, monolingual, english-only, hispanization
%G English