The Relationship Between Bilingual Education And Multiculturalism

What is Multiculturalism? Multiculturalism is the presence of distinct cultural or ethnic groups within a society. Multiculturalism plays a big part in teenagers as well as adults life’s. For example the two tv shows The Brady Bunch and Modern Family have different cultural lenses and cultures causing them to view multiculturalism as well as diversity in different perspectives.

Bilingual Education where Supporters feel that students miss a great deal by not being taught in their family’s language. That children that retain their family’s language will retain a sense of individuality. Their ethnic heritage & cultural ties. Helping Students acquire the skills of a classroom crucial for public success. Rodriguez also discusses the use of teaching and using a single language.

“Multiculturalism is the co-existence of diverse cultures where culture includes racial, religious, or cultural groups and is manifested in customary behaviours, cultural assumptions and values, patterns of thinking and communicative styles.”

The United States is a diverse country of many cultures and languages. As diverse as the U.S. is, it is also the land were all dreams become a reality where everything is possible. That is why in recent years, bilingual education or dual-language education, has become a topic of interest and debate among the public. Some may think that bilingual education is waste of time, effort and money. However, these critics do not see the true benefits of a bilingual education. We need to focus on the positive aspects of a bilingual education and how it has benefited not only immigrant students but also American students among other matters.

Around 1959, bilingual education took flight in the United States. Starting in Miami and quickly making its way San Francisco, bilingual education soon led to the Bilingual Education Act, which promoted “No Child Left Behind”. Only twenty years later, the act acquired the attention of high schools around the country. Nonetheless, bilingual education is not always taken to be the cure-all for acclimating immigrants to the United States. In his article “Aria: A Memoir of Bilingual Childhood”, Richard Rodriguez argues that students should not take part in bilingual education by explaining how it takes away individuality and a sense of family through the use of ethos, diction, and imagery; Rodriguez also uses parallelism and ethos to point out how a bilingual childhood can help students feel connected to society.

However, many who have already migrated into society are deeply rooted in their heritage have the same issue because they want to hold on to the traditions that give respect to their ancestors. The line between assimilation and integration is and was a huge debate especially during the time “A Raisin in the Sun” was written, 1950s, and as each decade passes

Issue 5 brings out a very heated topic that is still being debated today. Issue 5 was written before the Supreme Court ruling that ruled same-sex marriage bans as unconstitutional, but, it provided some very good points from both sides. We are given both sides of the story and their arguments. The side that supports same-sex marriage argues that same-sex couples are being denied their rights and benefits that married straight couples receive by not being able to marry. Then we are given some questions that people tend to ask about same-sex marriage. These questions are answered (and often debunked) by the supporting side. Peter Sprigg argues against same-sex marriage with some of his own answers to questions asked by the supporters. He answers

he broad definition of multiculturalism is typically defined as ideas and beliefs that are different from people living in different countries thus allowing them to have cultural backgrounds. But when people from various cultural background live amongst each other in the country this can be called a multicultural community.There are many speculations that adhere to the fact that it is impossible for multiple cultures to live within a society peacefully. But with four well defined articles Multiculturalism and "American" religion: the case of Hindu Indian Americans, Multicultural community organizing: a strategy for change, Multiculturalism is dead? Not quite yet., and The emergence of religious plurality in Australia: a multicultural

Many researchers have studied the immigrant assimilation in the recent years. America’s ethnic groups have been expected to come together as one and into the mainstream of american society for decades. Immigrant assimilation is a complex process in which immigrants should not only fully integrate themselves to a new country but also lose aspects perhaps all their heritage too if necessary. Social scientists rely on a primary benchmark to assess immigrant assimilation which is socioeconomic status. A melting pot can be described as a metaphor which indicates a society where many different types of people blend in as one.

What Happens When People Do Assimilation In our society, people always want to give others impressions that they are easy to get along with. Thus, people show their good parts of themselves like friendliness and enthusiasm when they first meet others. Also, It cannot be denied that everyone wants to join in mainstream and to be a “normal” person in most people’s eyes. It maybe true that what we do that can follow the mainstream can help people easier to be accepted. Manuel Muñoz reflects on this phenomenon and calls it assimilation in his essay called “Leave Your Name at the Border”.

Two models of dual language that take a front and center in Bilingual education is subtractive and additive. Subtractive is strips the student of cultural capital which could benefit the student in their educational achievement. As opposed to the additive model in the dual language program which seeks to add English to the students already possessed language and maintaining their first language. This method has been known for having a faster academic achieving and cultural awareness. (Ray, 2009)

Bilingual education is an academic approach followed by some instructors, which is using the native language for new English learners for instructions. Within the international context, bilingual education has become a necessity due to the high number of immigration, colonialism and the great number of local languages (Yushau & Bokhari, 2005). This approach in instruction has reflected back positively or negatively in many dimensions such as social, psychological, and pedagogical. However, bilingual instruction is an effective way of teaching English as a second language, in case of well implementation it can be seen as an educational advantage. This literature covers a wide variety of opinions that revolves around a topic that researchers find it controversial, this review will highlight the major question and findings which emerge in

In the game "The Way Out" taking the long path can really affect your life. Taking the longer path can have many good and bad outcomes. If you take the longer path there are more chances of you landing on "get deported" and having to go back to the beginning of the board. Also if you take the longer path you get to pick a job and get paid which is good for saving to buy food and drink. Taking the longer path can also cause you to sometimes go without meals a couple times because you don't have anyone to help you find food.

Immigration is probably one of the most controversial issues at the present time. It is usually accompanied by numerous questions. Some people are not sure whether immigration brings harm or benefits to the local communities. Those who decide to immigrate often hesitate if they have made the right decision and if they will be able to fit into a new country. Nonetheless, it is clear that one of the most controversial issues that is constantly discussed is the problem of assimilation. It is important to understand whether immigrants should be completely assimilated or is it better to preserve their own and unique culture. The main question is whether immigrants should assimilate into the local culture of a country they immigrate to. Besides, it is necessary to evaluate how assimilation may actually affect immigrants, thinking about both positive and negative features of assimilation. That is why the major aim of this paper is to analyze the possible effects of assimilation.

Multiculturalism is the occurrence of multiple cultures within one society, fundamentally due to the influx of immigrant societies, or the approval and encouragement of this occurrence. Many people have different views of multiculturalism. The people who have a negative view towards multiculturalism tend to argue against the uniting of a wide range of different cultures, races and faiths, in their points of view multiculturalism would be seen as a “mosaic” form, which tends to occur more likely in the US than in Europe, as it would fundamentally mean that they are putting races, religions and cultures into different groups, however they are not uniting as one society, another word for that would be integration. Whereas, the people that agree