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| Julia: (03/14/09) Dear Mr. Voelkel,
I've been wondering if there is any need for bilingual education on the field. If I did go into bilingual education it would probably be Spanish/English. Would it be better just to go into TESL? Or is there a need for children in Latin America to learn literacy and core subjects in their native language and English at the same time?
Thanks,
Julia |
| Jack: Julia, many mission agencies have founded schools in Latin America, and one of the aspects that make their schools attractive is that they offer good English classes, often taught by native speakers (missionaries!). Being trained to teach both English and Spanish would mean that you would be all that more useful. You would also free up someone who is only teaching English because there is no one else, whereas they would prefer to be involved in evangelism or church work.
I wouldn’t limit yourself to just being a language teacher. I would encourage you to study Christian education courses and Bible courses so that you could use the contacts you made in a national school to help the children grow spiritually, perhaps by founding Bible clubs or one-to-one discipleship. Jack |
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