Regarding Bilingual Education, Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 178

Multiple Choice

Regarding bilingual education, which of the following statements is FALSE?.

• A)All types of bilingual education tend to be politically unpopular among majority language speakers.
• B)The two-way bilingual education program involves native speakers and children with limited English skills being taught part of the day in English and part in a second language.
• C)Studies of bilingual students have found that those who achieve a high level of ability in two languages have better general language skills and problem-solving skills.
• D)For both minority and majority children, learning a second language produces subtractive bilingualism, that is, the lose of proficiency in one's native language.

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