AN OBSERVATION OF PREFERENCES ON BILINGUAL EDUCATION AMONG THE LEARNERS OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

Abstract

Bilingual teaching is less probed compared to the need and importance of it to the students. Bilingual teaching receives both constructive and destructive comments over its existence. Bilingual education is one in which the students will be able to learn their subjects and gain knowledge with the help of their official language as well as their mother tongue. Bilingual teaching does not only focus the immigrants or the native speakers who have access to only one language but it is also done to those who wanted to master his/ her knowledge. The aim of bilingual teaching is to improvise the concentration levels of speaking, listening, reading and writing. Bilingual teaching is always considered as a challenge to do and it is especially useful for the students in India who speak different languages. The paper focuses on the preferences of the students who were inquired about their comfort in various levels of teaching in bilingual language. The study focuses on the concept of bilingual teaching and the students' preferences over it. Keywords: Bilingual education, preference, interest, effectiveness, understanding