Bilingual Language Teaching Discussion

Learning a second language can be for students as it helps them communicate with students from other languages. Being the bilingual curriculum administrator for the local school, I would emphasize the change of the school’s curriculum and change the second language implementation model. For example, an individual can quickly learn a second language if they can relate to the visuals related to that language. In such a case, teachers should focus on visuals and manipulatives as having a diverse range of authentic resources like menus, bus schedules, postcards, photos, and video clips can help a student easily grasp and understand the new language concepts. Learning a language begins with the most familiar terms, such as names of things that students relate to, such as bus tickets, greetings, and postcards. Some names might seem obvious, but it’s a huge step towards learning a new language to the students.

Every student has different learning and understanding capabilities, which can be attributed to the student’s needs. Understanding the need of each student will help provide person-centered teaching to help the students quickly learn the second language. Based on this, I would divide the children separately based on what language they will be learning. It would be difficult for students to master the language if they were exposed to so many distractions. Different vocabularies from different languages may impede the comprehension abilities of the student. For example, it is impossible to teach English, French, and German in the same class as not all students are taking those classes. Therefore, it would be effective if the teacher separated the students based on the language they seek to learn.

Helping children easily understand the language means teaching things they can easily relate to, including names of foods and toys and naming them with the new language. To begin with, students will start by learning how to pronounce words from the new language and later merge the words to form sentences and paragraphs. Based on this, my curriculum will involve visuals such as images and video clips and also learning how to pronounce the words as the first steps to learning the new language.