Bilingual Education

Read the following article about bilingual education on the New York Times website:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/09/education/09ipod.html?ref=bilingual_education

Do you think ipods are a constructive way to teach bilingual education?

What are the benefits? What are the drawbacks?

Learning Styles

Use the link below to read the article about learning styles. Make a comment about which learning style you are and 3 ways this can make you a more efficient learner.

http://www.how-to-study.com/study-skills/en/other-helpful-articles/49/your-preferred-learning-style/

Class Today

Here are the assignments for the day:

1. click on this site
www.college.cengage.com/collegesurvival/watkins/learning_companion/1e/students/timed_reading.html

Choose one of the readings to do. Follow the instructions. Complete the activity then record your score on the handout sheet.

2. Choose 2 more stories and do the same thing.

3. At the bottom of your page it says FOR or AGAINST. If you are FOR the chinese healthcare system, you need to look at articles online to discover reasons the chinese healthcare system is good. If you are AGAINST, you need to look at articles online to discover reasons why the chinese healthcare system is bad.

4. When you are done, find your other teammates and work together to plan your debate

Chinese Healthcare System

Find an article that contains information about the healthcare system in China. Link the article to this post and then write 3 strengths and 3 weaknesses of their system.

Cause and Effect

For this week's homework, find a cause and effect article and link it to this site. Here are some good places to look:

http://www.nytimes.com/

http://www.arkansasonline.com/

I can't wait to see what you guys find! Make sure to list one of the cause and effect relationships you found by your link! THANKS!