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Bilingual Ed BILINGUAL EDUCATION IS BENEFICIAL TO STUDENTS ABILITIES TO ASSIMILATE IN THE MAINSTREAM CULTURE English only--sink or swim? Yeah right! Instead of English Only Advocates worrying about bilingual education cost in our school system, why not take advantage of the skills our ethnic minorities possess to move our economy forward? They are obviously not thinking clearly, because the benefit of bilinguals, significantly outweigh the bad. To deny our youth the opportunity for upward mobility and skill to become more marketable in a worldwide capacity is inhumane. They believe bilinguals threaten to sap our sense of national identity and divide us along ethnic lines. They also fear that any government recognition of minority languages à ¬sends the wrong messageà ® to immigrants, encouraging them to believe they can live in the U.S.A. without learning English or conforming to à ¬The Americanà ® way. That is an overt, racist, and paranoid view, donà ­t you think? The most significant issues that support bilingual education for students ability to assimilate in the mainstream cultur e are, the development of students linguistic resources and preserve their cultural heritage, contributions to the American economy, and diversity. The development of a students language and preservation of their culture is essential for the upward mobility of todayà ­s youth. There always have been some immigrants who viewed themselves explicitly as the preserver and savior of their languages and heritages. Since the late 1800s, ethnic minorities in America have been consistently characterized as culturally inferior. Their language right has consistently been the subject of political review. Politicians do not have (PCC(SW) Taylor/16603/M... ... IV a. Preservation of culture/language b. Ethnic minorities culturally inferior c. Language subject to political review. d. Encourage bilingualism e. Students face difficulty in school f. Educational failure V a. American economy b. English one language c. Information Techmnology. d. 4 year study. e. WEB pages. VI a. We discussed the development of students linguistic resources b. As Equal Opportunity Advisors c. Assimilate ethnic minority personnel into the mainstream of society d. No matter what the theoretical conclusions e. They should be afforded the opportunity to judge for themselves Bibliography: James Crawford Homepage, RethinkingSchools à ± Bilingual Education Summer 1999 http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepage/jwcrawford. James Crawford Homepage, MAY 1987 http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepage/jwcrawford