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Research Bilingual Education and English Only. Identify 3 pros for each, and 3
cons for each.
○ Bilingual Education
PROS:
CONS:
English Only:
PROS:
1. Pro: encourages students to intermingle with their classmates by
uniting them over a common language.
(https://www.findlaw.com/education/curriculum-standards-
school-funding/english-only-instruction-in-public-schools.html)
2. Pro: English only approach encourages problem solving among all
students ELL and not as they work to communicate with one
another. (http://teflchris.blogspot.com/2016/06/english-only-
classrooms-beneficial-or.html)
3. Pro: An english only classroom can be easier for the teacher to
manage (http://teflchris.blogspot.com/2016/06/english-only-
classrooms-beneficial-or.html).
CONS:
Identify 3 key points you will discuss in your opening for Bilingual Education. Briefly
describe why you believe the key points are relevant/appropriate for the debate. Do the
same for English only.
Create 3 questions the English Only side will ask the Bilingual Education side during the
cross examination. Also vice versa.
1. How can students, who do not / can not speak English, be engaged within an
English only approach curriculum?
2. How can an English only environment affect a student’s transition?
3. How do you justify the loss of native culture that the ELL students go through
when we force them to assimilate to English only?
Identify 3 key points you will address in your closing statements for both English Only
and Bilingual Education.