Bilingualism and bilingual educational model suggestion for Turkey
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The aim of the research is to discuss what the bilingual education is and to suggest a model for performing this education in
Turkey. There are many nations whose mother tongues are different in Turkey. Today, educating children whose mother
tongue and official language are different is the basis of some problems. It is observed that in case of education is performed
just with official language, the children whose mother tongue is different than official language are strained as educational
and they face serious social problems in the first years of the school. Bilingual education means to perform educational
activities in two (or more) different languages. However it is hard to suggest a bilingual education model in Turkey owing to
various reasons foremost laws. By considering conditions in Turkey, that can be said; the optimal model is “Transition Model”
if mentioned problems are overcome. In transition model, it is aimed that after the children complete the early stages of
their education process, they complete the remainder of their education with the official language.
Keywords: Multiculturalism, bilingualism, bilingual education.
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