The Dual Immersion Program: Combining Spanish and English

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For years, English was the dominant language of the United States. Now, demographers are predicting that in the year 2030, English language scholars will only be approximately 40% of the schools population in the United States. California has already surpassed that amount; 60% to 70% of the students speak a language other than English for their main language. Many think that Hispanics is the fastest growing group, in the United States, but they are actually the second highest, next to the Asian population.

More teachers are trying to learn Spanish, but there are still many that do not understand the language. For years, researchers have been trying to think of a new way to teach Spanish-speaking students the English language. There are many theories by different researchers, but from this research, I think that the perfect solution has been found. Creating a program that unites the Hispanic and English language, such as the "Dual Immersion" program, would be the most accurate way to solve this dilemma.

To find out more about this topic, many researchers had to go into an actual classroom of Hispanics trying to learn English. Now, what they tried to figure out is an easier way for the student and the teacher to learn English. A teacher examined a girl that originally spoke Spanish. She tried to learn English, but struggled severely. The question asked from the researcher was, "Does the student have a language-learning disability or is she merely manifesting the normal process of acquiring a second language?" (Bowen).

This foreign student may have struggled because of her habits of her language. For example, Spanish mixes up the words differently from English. Therefore, when an English-speaking person says, "the red hous...

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