Directions:Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofch0icesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinbankisidentifiedbyaletter.PleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecenter.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.
WhenRobertoFelizcametotheUSAfromtheDominicanRepublic,heknewonlyafewwordsofEnglish.Educationsoonbecamea47.“Icouldn’tunderstandanything,”hesaid.He48fromhisteachers,camehomeintears,andthoughtaboutdroppingout.
ThenMrs.Malave,abilingualeducator,begantoworkwithhimwhileteachinghimmathandscienceinhis49Spanish.“ShehelpedmestaysmartwhileteachingmeEnglish,”hesaid.Giventhechancetodemonstratehisability,he50confidenceandbegantosucceedinschool.
Today,heisa51doctor,runshisownclinic,andworkswithseveralhospitals.Everyday,heusesthelanguageandacademicskillshe52throughbilingualeducationtotreathispatients.
Roberto’sstoryisjustoneof53successstories.Researchhasshownthatbilingualeducationisthemost54waybothtoteachchildrenEnglishandensurethattheysucceedacademically.InArizonaandTexas,bilingualstudents55outperformtheirpeersinmonolingualprograms.Calexico,Calif.,implementedbilingualeducation,andnowhasdropoutratesthatarelessthanhalfthestateaverageandcollege56ratesofmorethan90%.InE1Paso,bilingualeducationprogramshavehelpedraisestudentscoresfromthelowestinTexastoamongthehighestinthenation.
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