Bilingual education is one of our country's controversial issues, as non-native English speakers comprise a large portion of the failure group in the nation's educational system. Essentially, any new student to the US has two main goals: to master content and learn the English language. Often such students, who may be very skilled and talented in their mother tongue, experience difficulties due to their language deficiency. Thus, a few different types of bilingual education programs …showed first 75 words of 757 total…

…showed last 75 words of 757 total…of motivation and confidence. Due to these experiences, I firmly think that each individual differs in the program most suited for them, depending upon their previous background with English, and their grade level. Most important is to give the students a sense of security and stability and never to isolate them from the rest of their peers, as conversation with friends, teachers, and family often stimulates and speeds up their understanding of the English language.