Condemned Without a Trial Bogus Arguments Against Bilingual Education

Name: Condemned Without a Trial Bogus Arguments Against Bilingual Education
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ISBN: 9780325001296

ISBN-10: 0325001294

ISBN-13: 9780325001296

Edition: 1999

Authors: Stephen D. Krashen, Stephen D. Krashen

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The book succeeds admirably in its goal of demystifying the political discourse surrounding bilingual education. - Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development Here is a timely and important book for anyone concerned about the future of bilingual education in America. Written by Stephen Krashen, the nation's foremost expert on second language acquisition, it disproves many of the false assumptions and outright distortions that led to the passage of Proposition 227 in California. Now, as some of those same arguments proliferate in other states, Krashen explains the bases for five of these key beliefs, and provesstep-by-stepwhy they are wrong: Bilingual education is responsible…

Book details

List price: $21.60
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 1/28/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 110
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.00" long x 0.27" tall
Weight: 0.242
Language: English



Introduction and Background



Bogus Argument #1: Bilingual Education Is Responsible for the High Hispanic Dropout Rate



Bogus Argument #2: Most Immigrants Succeeded Without Bilingual Education (or, still more evidence for the value of education in the primary language)



Bogus Argument #3: The United States Is the Only Country That Promotes Bilingual Education



Bogus Argument #4: Bilingual Education Failed in California



Bogus Argument #5: Public Opinion Is Against Bilingual Education



A Note on Greene's A Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of Bilingual Education