We No Speak Americano [Future of Teaching]
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Jose, who needs Pitbull to not sample another dance hit for a little while …
While we should always have a skeptical eye towards new research, here’s hoping this movement towards bilingual education doesn’t die the way the movement towards the metric system. (As a math teacher, I’m still annoyed at having to use inches instead of centimeters.) At this point in education, we’ve only had a passing fancy with other languages. Spanish, French, German, and Italian seem to dominate the foreign language category, but how many people actually learn these languages in their 45-minute classes? For instance, I have friends who took Spanish language classes in high school who can tell me what “frio” and “hola” mean, but can’t ask me what my name is in Spanish without sounding like they’re talking about llamas. (“Como se llama?” is the operative phrase here.)Read the rest of it here. Share. Comment. Tell the world, yo. Thanks so much.
Jose, who needs Pitbull to not sample another dance hit for a little while …