Forget Spanglish ”” español, please – Rio Grande Valley, Texas
Tagged: bilingual, children, parents, Spanglish, student, TexasPosted on: September 15th, 2007“Where English was once the language to learn and Spanish solely spoken at home in the Rio Grande Valley, a growing number of area schools are pushing their students toward being truly bilingual.
No more broken sentences or subbing an English word in when the Spanish word slips your mind, a practice often referred to as Tex-Mex. Parents and educators are demanding their children become fully fluent in both languages.
“When we started this I had about 70 percent of the parents against it. Their point was, “I came to the U.S. so they could learn English, why do they have to learn more Spanish?’” said Sylvia Cano, the principal at Reed Mock, which began using the program in 1999. “
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