Benefits of dual language

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"Research and effectiveness of Dual Language for All- includes research an evaluation"



The Beauty of Dual Language Schooling for All

Virginia P. Collier, George Mason University

Wayne P. Thomas, George Mason University

Dual language students interact with same-age peers doing meaningful tasks together across all curricular subjects. This is not a separate, segregated program only for English learners—all students work together, teaching each other, benefiting from learning centers, small-group, and pair work in cooperative learning activities. The students proficient in Spanish (for example) are the “experts” during the instructional time in Spanish, and the English-proficient students co teach their peers during the English instructional time.


"When English learners continue to develop cognitively in their first language until at least age 12, they achieve on or above grade level in school. Both native English speakers and Latinos attending dual language classes are becoming additive bilinguals, with full cognitive development in both languages. " (Collier & Thomas, 2019)