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From: The Observer. Dunkirk New York
Article: Bilingual education is the way
By MICHAEL RUKAVINA
http://www.observertoday.com/articles.asp?articleID=20950
4/28/2008 - OBSERVER Staff Writer
Dr. Stephen Krashen takes his free spirited approach to education to the Rosch Recital Hall stage for area educators and professionals.
Breaking a language barrier is difficult for anyone trying to communicate a message. In many school districts across the state and locally this barrier is battled every day between educators and children trying to learn English.
In a collaborative effort involving the Dunkirk City School District, SUNY Fredonia, Project ELA and Project BRIDGE, Dr. Stephen Krashen was brought to the SUNY campus last week to speak about English Learners in American classrooms to area educators.
“My main point is, this is America, we want kids to learn English and I’m in favor of that. Minority children should learn English as fast as they can and bilingual education does that,” Krashen said of his theory.
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“If you can keep the child's first language, their heritage language, it’s good for the county we need spies, interpreters and sales personnel. It’s good for the brain, bilingualism keeps you young. There’s no reason why not,” he said. “Children who are language minority are usually children of poverty which means they don’t have access to books at home, English or first language, they live in neighborhoods with inferior public libraries and go to school with inferior school libraries. Number one is increasing children's access to books. Children who read a lot, first language or second language, do better on all their tests.”
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