Open AccessAn Honest Discussion About Learning as a Bilingual Student in American Schools
Author(s) -
Chris Sclafani
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of multicultural and multireligious understanding
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2364-5369
DOI - 10.18415/ijmmu.v6i2.753
Subject(s) - population , mathematics education , psychology , school district , pedagogy , medical education , sociology , medicine , demography
Bilingual students are a distinctive portion of the population of American schools. While encountering these students is not a rare occurrence, the type of instruction and assistance that is provided varies greatly from district to district. This professional memo highlights a series of open conversations with an adult bilingual learner. One is able to see the impact of school-related responses (or lack thereof) from his youth upon his later life.