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... > social science subjects > education > education studies > education policy > educational reform > curriculum and instruction > bilingual education > history of bilingual education > eastern languages in colonial schools

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eastern languages in colonial schools  

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  • In the history of education in the eastern United States, we find a tradition of cultural and linguistic diversity that predated the arrival of English-speaking settlers. Nearly 2,000 languages were spoken in the Western Hemisphere when the first European explorers arrived. [Source: Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education; Languages in Colonial Schools, Eastern]

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