Submitted by Mr. Joaquin C. Armendariz (not verified) on July 27, 2006 - 17:03.
The controversy over instruction of Non-Native English Speakers is due to the continuing violation by politicians and racist/xenophobic groups like U.S. English of the Academic Freedom of teachers, administrators, and school boards to provide instruction based on sound research in Language Acquisition, Language Learning(Formal), Bilingualism and Bilingual Education. Ever since the Lau vs. Nichols Decision by the U.S. Supreme Court the anti-minority groups in and out have obstructed the full implementation of even the transitional useless approaches to "Bilingual Education". Millions of children have been condemned to low wage jobs, lifes of crime, etc. as a result of the Educational Malpractice committed against them. We need to inform society and parents that early modern language learning is an IQ amplifier and xenophobia reducer for all learners- look up Wallace Lambert,Fred Genesee, Rolf Kjolseth,etc. and promote national cultural cohesion-see Christina Bratt Paulston's research. Why have credentials for teachers,administrators and others if we are treated as irrelevant? English Teachers, ESL Teachers, Modern Language Teachers, and their research colleagues need to say enough is enough!!! We need communities of mutual majority/ minority language learning in our schools so that business,industry and our military have the resources to keep us safe and competitive! See "The Tongue-Tied American: Confronting the Modern Language Learning Crisis" by the late Senator Paul Simon of Illinois- if read by policymakers, 9-11 might have been avoided as well as our continuing blindspots around the world.
The controversy over
Submitted by Mr. Joaquin C. Armendariz (not verified) on July 27, 2006 - 17:03.
The controversy over instruction of Non-Native English Speakers is due to the continuing violation by politicians and racist/xenophobic groups like U.S. English of the Academic Freedom of teachers, administrators, and school boards to provide instruction based on sound research in Language Acquisition, Language Learning(Formal), Bilingualism and Bilingual Education. Ever since the Lau vs. Nichols Decision by the U.S. Supreme Court the anti-minority groups in and out have obstructed the full implementation of even the transitional useless approaches to "Bilingual Education". Millions of children have been condemned to low wage jobs, lifes of crime, etc. as a result of the Educational Malpractice committed against them. We need to inform society and parents that early modern language learning is an IQ amplifier and xenophobia reducer for all learners- look up Wallace Lambert,Fred Genesee, Rolf Kjolseth,etc. and promote national cultural cohesion-see Christina Bratt Paulston's research. Why have credentials for teachers,administrators and others if we are treated as irrelevant? English Teachers, ESL Teachers, Modern Language Teachers, and their research colleagues need to say enough is enough!!! We need communities of mutual majority/ minority language learning in our schools so that business,industry and our military have the resources to keep us safe and competitive! See "The Tongue-Tied American: Confronting the Modern Language Learning Crisis" by the late Senator Paul Simon of Illinois- if read by policymakers, 9-11 might have been avoided as well as our continuing blindspots around the world.