CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Spanish-speaking students pursuing an MA in bilingual education learn how to teach science, social studies, math, language arts, and reading in Spanish, whereas students pursuing an MA in ESL education are empowered with the skills needed to pass on their own English language skills to their pupils.

Detailed explanation-2: -In a bilingual program, the non-native English speakers all have the same language background, and the teacher speaks both languages as a means of content instruction. In the ESL classroom, the students come from various language backgrounds, and the teacher only speaks English.

Detailed explanation-3: -1. Both ESL and bilingual programs have the same method of teaching the English language to non-native English speakers. 2.In ESL, the medium of instruction is only one, the English language only. Meanwhile, in bilingual education, the teachers use two languages, the mother tongue and English to deliver their lessons.

Detailed explanation-4: -ESL teachers demonstrate and teach these skills for students whose second language is English. An ESL/Bilingual Teacher teaches in the students’ native language, most often Spanish. The Bilingual teacher is proficient in both English and the native language.