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Bilingual education - Wikipedia

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Diversity and inclusion are also enhanced by implementing and understanding multilingual and multicultural settings in today's schools. I have selected this article because it connects my interests in using two languages as paths of instruction. Immersions schools play a fundamental role in expanding knowledge, empathy, respect for other languages, and the beauty of cultural elements such as values, beliefs, art, communication, and much more. Also, understanding multilingual education can offer more opportunities to create new technological tools to support monolingual schools with bilingual/trilingual students and immersion schools.

My preliminary impression of this article was that it was dense and connected to other sources to expand the knowledge of the related topics.

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The lead section is very concise and presents information on the overall topic of Bilingual education. The introductory sentence engages the reader to continue reading by emphasizing that bilingual education is not only in one setting; it varies based on the model. The table of contents is well-organized and describes the sections starting by mentioning the importance of bilingual education after the definition taken from ASCD. "Bilingual Education: Effective Programming for Language-Minority Students" as a reliable source. The information presented in the lead section is described in detail within the article, but no information was left out. The article also included images that support the comprehension of bilingual schools with multilingual and multicultural learners.

The content covers most of the information regarding bilingual education in the United States. However, it does not mention how bilingual education looks in other countries around the world. It mentions the dual language programs that are implemented in the country, and it describes the differences between program models. The immersion programs are up to date, but it does not mention strategies implemented in dual language scenarios or theories that support the models. Additionally, it describes the models, but it does not inform of the advantages or challenges. Also, Indigenous language revitalization immersion programs are not mentioned as a critical part of bilingual education. The article mentions the benefits of dual language education; however, it does not describe how underrepresented students do not benefit from a 10/90 model. For example, Latino students only learn 10% of English, which could also increase the gap between inequality and social injustice.

Tone and Balance: The article presents a neutral point of view, providing a meaning of bilingual education. However, the development of the article does not include what the populations that benefit from dual language education are. There is a lack of information showing how African American communities have the lowest rates of participation in these programs. I think that the article has essential information regarding bilingual education, but it does not cover all the aspects.

Sources and References: The information in the article is well supported by the sources. It would have been appropriate to involve more peer-reviewed articles based on different dual language scenarios such as homeschooling, technological tools implemented to support language learning, and more. Some of the sources are older than ten years ago. At the same time, It would be appropriate to involve how the pandemic has affected bilingual education and how students in dual language have a lack of vocabulary based on the exposure to the language and the practice at home. Some of the links that I checked from the article work correctly. Newer information could be added from recent research from Diana J. Tedick and Roy Lyster (Scaffolding Language Development in Immersion and Dual Language Classrooms)

Organization and Writing Quality: The document has been reviewed based on the number of errors. However, there are still a few grammatical errors, and some abbreviations are incorrectly punctuated.

Images and Media: The article presents three images from dual language settings. However, the middle picture could be misleading because it shows that the majority of the students are Black, and it does not happen in the same proportions in today's bilingual schools in the United States.

Talk Page Discussion: On the talk page, there is a concern that the article may not represent a "worldwide overview of the subject" Also, it was shared that the terminology is not clear, and it could mislead the readers. I also noticed that the most recent updates of (edit) were done in 2006, which demonstrates the need to involve new research in the field. The controversy section also highlights that the information presented in this article in only focused on the U.S. bilingual programs.

==== Overall, this article should be renamed "U.S. - Bilingual Education. Some of the strengths are the information about the programs and not seeing bilingual education as a single program. Also, the article involved various sources from neutral points of view. The article can be improved by broadening information of bilingual education as a global topic and applying cultural elements. I consider that this article needs more information to be rated completed or satisfactory. ====