Research on Instructional Programs for Children Who Speak a Language

question 3

Multiple Choice

Research on instructional programs for children who speak a language other than English as their first language has found that:

• A) the "sink-or-swim" model has been found to be most effective for building English language skills.
• B) bilingual education programs that combined instruction in a first language with instruction in a second language-have not been found to work.
• C) students in bilingual programs progress perform worse than their monolingual peers in assessments of academic, cognitive, and social functioning.
• D) Sheltered instruction (or sheltered immersion) programs have been found to be most successful programs for building both English language skills and content area
• Knowledge in English language learners

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