Veronique Vashon

EDU 202
Bilingual Education
Shkropua

Objective: To teach when Bilingual education first started, the history behind it
and the traction that it gained in recent years. Languages that are taught the most
in the country. Styles for teaching language and tools that are being used. Goal is
to show how language varies when learning and what is used to teach them.
Presentation will be given via power point.

Material/Equipment: Power Point containing pictures and videos.

Instruction:
• PowerPoint Presentation
o Slide 1: Introduction
o Slide 2: Video: “getting into a conversation in a language you don't
actually speak that well”
o Slide 3: What is Bilingual Education?
o Slide 4: Origins and start of Bilingual Education
o Slide 5: Most taught languages in America
o Slides 6-8: Styles of teaching
o Slide 9: Transitional Slide
o Slide 9: Effectiveness of teaching styles
o Slide 10: Simple closing statements
o Slide 11: Video: “When you're black and speak a foreign language”
Closure: Language is a lifelong tool that requires lifelong work. It can be taught in
different ways, with different effectiveness depending on who is learning. Either
way it takes months to years of work to continue to become capable of using it.
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EDU 202
Bilingual Education
Shkropua

Outline for lesson plan:

What is Bilingual Education:

• What started as teaching non-English-speaking students English became a
way to teach and introduce young minds to other languages that in the
future is now becoming a huge desire when looking for jobs.
Slide 1
• Simple starting slide to show topic
Slide 2
• A short and humorous video of a problem commonly faced when learning a
language or trying to recall a language when around someone who is fluent
Slide 3
• Introduce what the topic is talking about
Slide 4
• Began to supplement a way to teach English
• 1839 Ohio Passes first Law to officially allow Bilingual Education German –
English
• 1847 Louisiana Joins with French – English
• 1870 New Mexico permits teaching Spanish in Public Schools
• 1958 National Defense Education Act includes Modern Language and aides
English Second Language (ESL)
• 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Essential Education
programs gain funding. Bilingual Education is included in being essential
Slide 5
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EDU 202
Bilingual Education
Shkropua
• Spanish
• French
• Chinese
• American Sign Language
• Japanese
Slide 6
• Repetition: Repeat and Repeat vocabulary
• Exposure listening: Listening to the language via media sources to gain an
ear for how the language sounds
Slide 7
• Teach along with Culture: History of the country of learning along in
conjunction of learning new words and phrases
• Roleplaying: Acting out scenes and situations in the language being taught
Slide 8
• Real World Experience: Simple assignments such as going to a restaurant
and ordering food or a local market
Slide 9
• Simple transitional slide asking a rhetorical question
Slide 7
• Effectiveness of styles can vary depending child to child
• All styles of visual, audio, and written should be used to supplement
learning
• Hands on learning and making content exciting and memorable is a key
value in teaching a new language
Slide 8
• Language is something that requires practice, repetition and hard work. It
has been taught for generations and we are still finding ways to perfect
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EDU 202
Bilingual Education
Shkropua
how to teach it. Most important though language forms a way to make new
friendships, bonds, and lifelong memories
Slide 9
• A humorous and fun video that show cases a common reaction a native
speaker being impressed by a nonnative speaker who can speak at a higher
level.