In Miami, School Aims For ‘Biliterate’ Education
By Claudio Sanchez
http://www.npr.org/2011/10/25/141584947/in-miami-school-aims-for-bi-literate-education

● Factual Questions:
Why did the schools at Coral Way start to teach both English and Spanish?

Why do people who live in California, Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts think that biligual immersion programs have to be banned?

What issue that gets caught up in the debate when bilingual immersion programs are accepted?

What is very different than what most Latino school children experience?

● Questions that elicit opinions:
What do you think about that children have to learn a foreign(second) language when they are as young as possible?

Why do you think that schools in America does not pay attention to teaching a foreign language so far compared with Asian countries which essentially put the foreign language courses in curriculum?

What language is essential for children to learn as a second language?

● New Vocabulary:
biliterate - able to read and write in two languages
exile - expulsion from one’s native land by authoritative decree
flee - to run away from (a place, person, etc.)
immersion - state of being deeply engaged or involved; absorption
preside over - to exercise management or control
buy into - to purchase a share, interest, or membership in
enrichment - the state of being enriched
Mandarin -  the standard Chinese language
hold on to -  to keep or retain
get caught up - to overtake someone or something moving
notch above -  a step or level
Pageant - an elaborate colourful parade or display portraying scenes from history, esp one involving rich costume
tap into -  to gain access to; become friendly with
cringe - to shrink, bend, or crouch, especially in fear or servility; cower
rigor - strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people
ambivalence - the simultaneous existence of two opposed and conflicting attitudes, emotions, etc