Bilingual education program´s effectiveness based on learners´ reading comprehension and writing skills

Abstract

This study explores the effectiveness of Bilingual Education Program (BEP) under the MEC-BC Program based on students´ reading and writing samples in both English and Spanish. The results indicate that there is a significant difference between students who are under BEP and those who are in a non-bilingual program (NBP). Furthermore, they reveal that students in BEP perform better in both tasks and languages thereby supporting previous studies on bilingual education or immersion programs. Nevertheless, there are other factors and stakeholders that must be considered in order to have an over-all picture whether BEP indeed is effective. It is hope that from this study, more schools will offer BEP as a program for all secondary students considering the many benefits it can offer to them.