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Vol. 9, Num. 2, 2007
 
Andalucian Bilingual Program Students´ Opinions about their Program and about Bilingualism
Francisco Ramos Calvo
framos@lmu.edu
School of Education
Loyola Marymount University
1 LMU Drive suite 2649
90045
Los Angeles, CA, USA
(Received: March 29, 2007; accepted for publishing: August 31, 2007)


Abstract in English, full text in Spanish

 

Abstract

The Department of Education of the government of Andalucia, an autonomous community located in southern Spain, has implemented numerous bilingual programs to improve the control of other languages of its student population. The programs, that use languages as vehicles of communication in the classroom, promote students´ bilingualism and academic performance, and contribute to improving their attitudes toward other groups. The following research examined the opinions about these areas of a group of students enrolled in a bilingual program in Andalucia. Students showed positive opinions toward bilingualism and the bilingual program in general, although they seemed hesitant about some of the intellectual and cognitive benefits of language learning.

Key words: Bilingual education programs, bilingualism, teaching methods.

 
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