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Bilingual education

Has multiple definitions:

  • education where two distinct languages are used for general teaching;
  • education designed to help children become bilingual (sometimes called “two-way bilingual education”; e.g., Spanish speakers and English speakers in a classroom are all taught to speak both languages;
  • education in a child’s native language for (a) the first year or (b) however long it takes; followed by mainstreaming in English-only classes (in the US);
  • education in a child’s native language for as long as his parents wish (with minimal instruction in another language).

In the latter cases “native-language instruction” may be a clearer definition.

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