It surprises to hear that there are parents out there who support bilingualism. Over the past couple of years, I was told that there are many parents who would rather not put their kids through bilingual programs due to language confusion or language incompetence. I've heard many many reasons/excuses as to why they only want their children to be fluent in one language. It breaks my heart to know that these children can have a potential in doing well in school but they cannot because of language barrier. But it breaks my heart ever more to hear parents not supporting their native language at home and keeping that part of their culture.
It is nice to hear that parents are doing research or even considering the articles they read about bilingualism. It’s too bad that the article doesn’t talk too much into detail about Dual Language programs. These programs can even help the parents by providing both languages (home language and outside language) to the students. The article did mention a little about having students start to learn a new language but they did not go into further detail than that.
In the end, I’m glad there are many more parents believing in bilingualism. This shows some home that in the future, children in American may not have to grow up in the monolingual society.
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