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ERIC Number: EJ308929
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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The Role of Native Language Instruction in Bilingual Education.
Cardenas, Jose
NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, v8 n3 p1-10 Spr 1984
Tracing its evolution and stressing the role of native language instruction, a proponent of bilingual education argues that native language instruction allows simultaneous content and second language skill development, diminishes alienation, and facilitates intellectual development, and that criticism of such instruction is founded on emotional responses, misinformation, and discriminatory attitudes. (MM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Acquisition, Language Attitudes, Native Language Instruction, Negative Attitudes, Opinions, Social Bias
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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