What is Bilingual Education

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A form of education that has the goals of bilingualism, biliteracy, and academic achievement for students across both languages. Programmatic structures are such that both languages are taught, and academic subjects are taught in both or either language across the longevity of the program. Learn more in: Critical Bilingual Leadership for Emergent Bilingual Students

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Teaching academic content in two languages, in a native and foreign language. Learn more in: On Integrative Bilingual Teaching of a Foreign Language and Engineering at a Technical University

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The use of two languages used formally within an educational context. Learn more in: Texting With Students: Facilitating Learning in Higher Education

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Bilingual education involves two languages as a means of instruction for students, either embedded in individual subjects or the entire school curriculum. The respective subjects, however, are taught monolingually in one of these languages. Learn more in: Learning in Two Languages: A Long-Term Study at Bavarian Bilingual Elementary Schools

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Instruction which makes use of two different language as educational tools (L1 and L2). Learn more in: Needs of the ‘Bilingual Schools' Program in Andalusia Regarding EFL Classrooms and Language Assistants

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This is an educational model anchored in teaching and learning in two languages for students who belong to language minority groups in order to develop a high level of proficiency in English and varying levels of proficiency in native language. Learn more in: COVID-19's Impact on the Design of Multiple/Single-Subject Bilingual Teaching Authorization in California

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The continued development of the student’s native language within school, while learning English. Bilingual education is most commonly transitional, meaning that it only uses the native language for a limited time with the goal of transferring to all-English instruction (usually three years). However, other forms such as longer termed maintenance programs do exist, as well as programs like dual language immersion. Learn more in: Roadblocks to Bilingualism

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An educational approach aiming at providing students with training in two languages. Learn more in: Teacher Education and Intercultural Awareness: Needs and Tools

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Education to develop two languages for learners simultaneously. Learn more in: Designing and Applying a Narrative Frame to Teach Mathematics and English to Young Learners With Low English Levels in the CLIL Context: A Vietnamese Project

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A way of teaching academic content in two languages, in a native and secondary language with varying amounts of each language used in accordance with the program model. Learn more in: Content- and Language-Integrated Learning: A New Approach to Teaching Engineering

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A general term that refers to a wide variety of models of formal education in which the academic content is delivered in two languages: a native and a second language. Learn more in: Literacy Development in L1 in Bilingual Education: Evidence From Research on CLIL in Primary School

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It involves delivering content knowledge in two languages (L1 and L2) for the purpose of achieving bilingualism, bi-culture and bi-literacy. Learn more in: Pedagogical Challenges in Cross-Cultural Chinese Language Teaching: Perceptions and Experiences of Chinese Immersion Teachers in the U.S.

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A teaching model in which two languages are used with the objective of improving students' communicative competence in their second language. Learn more in: Bilingual Education and Attention to Diversity: Key Issues in Primary Education Teacher Training in Spain

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A school program in which the languages of instruction are both the students' native language and the dominant language of the country or area. Example: in the United States, the use of Gujarati and English as languages of instruction to assist Gujarati students in mastering content in math, science, and social studies. Learn more in: Common Denominators to Learner-Centered Success: Undergraduate STEM, Graduate Teacher Education, and an Educational Technology Doctoral Program

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Education model in which two languages are taught simultaneously, sometimes in the context of two different cultures. Learn more in: The Adventure of Raising Kids in Spanish and English as Non-Native Anglophone Families in Spain: Parents' Perceptions Before and During the Process

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Teaching system through which the use of two languages is encouraged while the curriculum is covered. Learn more in: Indigenous Languages Learning Through Serious Games Based on Second Language Acquisition Theories

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The learning environment where a person learns two languages at a time. Instruction (typically) takes place in English and the other language medium. There are different types of bilingual education, such as two-way immersion, one-way immersion, maintenance/heritage education, etc. Learn more in: The Role of Language Ideologies in the Self-Efficacy of Pre-Service Bilingual Education Teachers

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Educational system which enables students to become bilingual individuals by using an L2 as vehicular language during the teaching a learning process. Learn more in: Does Bilingualism Expand the Cognitive Experience of the Students?: A Case Study in Early Childhood Education

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The academic instruction of the core subject areas in more than one language. Learn more in: Preserving the Mother Tongue of English Language Learners