Against Quote by Emily Rios

Bilingual-education advocates say it's important to teach a child in his or her family's language. I say you can't use family language in the…

— Richard Rodriguez

My parents were language teachers. They talked about teaching all the time and all their friends were teachers. It was considered a pre-ordained thing…

— Joanne Harris

I taught high school students Spanish.

— Daniela Bobadilla

“Although it permits the use of students’ native language “to clarify key concepts,” this weak form of bilingual instruction has no support in educational…

— James Crawford

My father had barely any education. He could hardly write or count. But his great pride was that he was perfectly bilingual. In the…

— Robert Lepage

If educators were really understanding of that, they'd say, "You know what? Forget about bilingual, we're going to do multilingual education." So children are…

— Sandra Cisneros

“how bilingualism has been shown to benefit • bilingual children’s precocious knowledge of language, • their enhanced cognitive development in general, and • the…

— Barbara Zurer Pearson

Mum and Dad sent us to a bilingual school, so we had half the lessons in English and half in French. But I remember…

— Rose Leslie

I don't speak Spanish. I've done Spanish 1 and 2 classes. My grandma asked me when I was young if I wanted to learn…

— Scotty McCreery

I learned Portuguese, English and Spanish. It was great for me. My family always forced me to speak in every language.

— Vicente Luque

My mom taught me German before I knew English. And I went to French immersion school.

— Tatiana Maslany

“In my opinion, dual language education is a great public good that ought to be developed everywhere, as it can positively transform a child,…

— Fabrice Jaumont