Strong and Weak forms of Bilingual Ed by Samantha P Garcia https://padlet.com/garc2264/sapfdi8o5nu7ce8y en-us 2022-10-12 17:39:12 UTC 2022-10-12 18:41:27 UTC hello@padlet.com Narrative (Strong forms) garc2264 https://padlet.com/garc2264/sapfdi8o5nu7ce8y/wish/2337450393 Strong forms of bilingual education place the focus on bilingualism as opposed to monolingualism. The idea is that the student will not lose their native language but gain a new language on top of their first language. Strong forms maintain a persons identity and center their structure around integration (Baker & Wright, 2021, p. 212). ]]> 2022-10-12 17:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/garc2264/sapfdi8o5nu7ce8y/wish/2337450393 Strong Forms of Bilingual Education garc2264 https://padlet.com/garc2264/sapfdi8o5nu7ce8y/wish/2337467772 Examples of strong forms are as follows:

Mainstream Bilingualism: In this program, there are two languages being used interchangeably in the classroom (ex. English and Spanish). These are language majority students who are using majority languages. The intention of this form is that students will learn each language simultaneously and leave as bilingual/biliterate people (Baker & Wright, 2021, p. 210).
Immersion: The first language and the second language are being used in equal parts in this program. That being said, there is a bit more instruction that is geared towards the second language in the beginning of this program. This program also has the intention of creating bilingual/biliterate people (Baker & Wright, 2021, p. 210). ]]> 2022-10-12 17:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/garc2264/sapfdi8o5nu7ce8y/wish/2337467772 Weak Forms of Bilingual Education garc2264 https://padlet.com/garc2264/sapfdi8o5nu7ce8y/wish/2337523078 Examples of weak forms are as follows:

Separatist: In this program, the native language is completely overlooked and the only language being used is the L2. The aim of this program is to protect a certain language from being forgotten or replaced (Baker & Wright, 2021, p. 221).

Mainstream Education with World Language Teaching: In this program, the majority language takes the lead over the minority language. The reason this makes the program weak is because there is underexposure to the minority language and students rarely become bilinguals because of it (Baker & Wright, 2021, 220). ]]> 2022-10-12 18:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/garc2264/sapfdi8o5nu7ce8y/wish/2337523078 Narrative (Weak forms) garc2264 https://padlet.com/garc2264/sapfdi8o5nu7ce8y/wish/2337530927 Weak forms of bilingual education embrace the goal of creating monolingual students as opposed to bilinguals. The main way of doing this is through assimilating students into the norm language (majority) in the area. These forms aim to replace the first language and/ or prevent use of it. They do not place importance on the idea of being fluent in both languages or bilingual (Baker & Wright, 2021, p. 218). ]]> 2022-10-12 18:40:15 UTC https://padlet.com/garc2264/sapfdi8o5nu7ce8y/wish/2337530927