PSYC 341 Study Guide - Bilingual Education, English Language In England, Standalone Program
22 Mar 2014
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Chapter 7: alternative educational programs for programs for english learners- by leary and. Currently many alternative school programs in california for educating english learners (els) from english-only programs vs programs teaching with 2 languages. Evident in many activities: economic and business, communications, travel, culture, and immigration. 1 challenge: how to best prepare current usa schools for life in global village: need linguistic and cultural competence to take advantage of opportunities of globalization. English + another language= competitive edge in global marketplace. Programs that offer ways to acquire english and other languages/cultures will be beneficial. Research has found that advanced levels of bilingual competence are associated with several cognitive advantages: solving problems with competing information, attention, inhibition, monitoring and switching focus of attention advantages. Aka executive control processing advantages (frontal lobe regions: evident in childhood and in later adulthood also, advantage found mostly in those with advanced levels of proficiency in 2 languages and use them on a regular basis.
