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Bilingual Education And ESL - Article Reviews

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good intentions but the practice did not succeed (Porter, 1999). Despite what some reports aver, the fact is that teaching children in their "native" language does not help them achieve  in American schools, in fact, the drop-out rate for high school Latinos who have been in bilingual programs and those who have not been in those types of programs is  very similar (Porter, 1999). Porter emphasizes the large surveys of parents who have stated that they want their children to learn English, not learn school subjects in their native  language (1999). This is not a new opinion, one large study in 1988 of Asian, Puerto Rican, Cuban and Mexican parents who had children in American public schools revealed  that Asian parents were the most against having their children taught in their native language (Porter, 1999). Puerto Rican parents were most in favor of the use of the native  language, followed by Mexican parents with Cuban parents being least in favor of native language use in school (Porter, 1999). They all wanted their children to receive extra help during  their transition process, however (Porter, 1999). A more recent study showed that an overwhelming majority of Latino parents in recent years believe that acquiring English skills is the more  important than teaching the children in Spanish (Porter, 1999). Porters article supports what many educators already know - the bilingual programs are not helping these youngsters. There are many reasons,  one of which is that the programs do not reflect the spirit of the law (1999). Krashen, on the other hand, discusses why bilingual education is needed and  asserts that using the native language gives the children both literacy and knowledge (nd). Krashen argues that giving the children literacy in their own language will make the transition to