Nov. 30 at 12:45 p.m.Một kỷ niệm yêu quý khi là giáo viên song ngữBilingual education for me has been a validation of my language, culture and identity that I did not receive as a child of public education. I grew up in a time when English was the sole focus of language acquisition. For my students, our school system’s Vietnamese dual-language program opens the door of access for their present and future.
During my senior year at Spelman College, I applied to become a Peace Corps volunteer. Soon after graduation, I boarded a plane with 35 others for training in Senegal. Most of us only spoke English and had not previously traveled outside the United States. Our training focused on intercultural education, adjusting to different living conditions — and intensive language immersion.
Over my two years in Guinea, I swam and survived. I learned that the ability to communicate in French and other languages enabled me to make genuine connections with my students, colleagues and neighbors. I witnessed my students’ English acquisition make a similar impact. I became a firm believer in the importance of language immersion as a way to better understand others.
Erika Bryant is executive director of the Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School.Let’s support all multilingual children in keeping their home language
Spanish can be helpful if you wish to communicate with a whole sh!tload of 'new Americans '. We certainly can't expect them to speak English. I'm positive that would be racist. How bout Gov. Abbott buses them to Honduras instead of Chicago.
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I bet you suggest Chinese.
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