Linguistic Needs

Concerning the Asian American population, there are new immigrants across the U.S. California has, by far, the most immigrants from Asia. For those new immigrant or migrant families, English learning is very stressful but essential. Read Bin Jiang’s article and answer the following questions:

1. Choose a language acquisition theory between Krashen’s and Cumin’s and explain how ELL acquire second language proficiency.

2. Suggest how you will design a bilingual program based on your chosen language learning model.