{"id":359,"date":"2024-10-08T21:58:30","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T21:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qrealo.cl\/colegiobureche\/index.php\/2024\/10\/08\/bilingualism-at-bureche-school\/"},"modified":"2024-10-08T21:58:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T21:58:30","slug":"bilingualism-at-bureche-school","status":"publish","type":"school-news","link":"https:\/\/colegiobureche.edu.co\/es\/school-news\/bilingualism-at-bureche-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Bilingualism at Bureche School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"hs_cos_wrapper_post_body\" class=\"hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_meta_field hs_cos_wrapper_type_rich_text\" data-hs-cos-general-type=\"meta_field\" data-hs-cos-type=\"rich_text\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Bilingual is a word that most people simply define as the ability to speak two languages. Based on that simple definition, a bilingual school is a school that offers instruction in two or more languages. What these two definitions do not take into account is the level of instruction or commitment to the practice of the foreign language or languages \u200b\u200bthat are present in an institution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We often meet parents in the admissions process who claim that their children come from bilingual schools, but when we evaluate them, we find that these students are bilingual in the sense that they can understand or speak limited English, while the average student at Bureche performs at a much higher level. This begs the question: what is different about the Bureche program compared to other bilingual schools?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the world of education, a more frequently used term that helps define a school&#8217;s commitment to being bilingual is the word bilingualism. Merriam Webster defines bilingualism as &#8220;the frequent use (by a community) of two languages.&#8221; Frequent use is the key conclusion of this definition and can help clarify what Bureche is doing differently from other programs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;font-size: 18px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/colegiobureche.edu.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/01\/Bilinguismo-en-Bureche-School-Feb-27-2024-09-39-47-4603-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Bilinguismo en Bureche School\" width=\"600\" style=\"width: 600px;margin: 0px auto\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">At Bureche we pride ourselves not only on being a bilingual school, but on improving our commitment to bilingualism every day, through a variety of programs and strategies. Some of the most obvious examples at Bureche can be found in the type of teachers and administrators we employ, the exams our students take, the cultural diversity we promote, and even the exchange programs we offer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In each area we strive to cultivate the idea of \u200b\u200bbilingualism as an integral part of who we are and what we do as a school. At Bureche we are committed to hiring teachers who are native English speakers to teach a variety of subjects, especially in the preschool and elementary formative years, where research shows that students are much more proficient at learning a second language.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Our native teachers speak little or no Spanish, creating these wonderful situations where students must learn to communicate clearly in their second language. Imagine the first graders trying to explain a conflict that happened in the park to their teacher after recess and doing it all in English! While that explanation can be a big challenge for a six-year-old with a limited English vocabulary, the opportunity to do so provides a space for practicing problem solving and creative thinking, two areas in which bilingual children regularly outperform monolingual children.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/colegiobureche.edu.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/01\/Bilinguismo2-Feb-27-2024-09-39-44-8175-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"Bilinguismo2\" width=\"600\" style=\"width: 600px;margin: 0px auto\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Our foreign teachers often come from different parts of the world, including the United States, Canada, England, and even South Africa, and the cultural exposure this provides for our students is another key aspect of bilingualism. Each teacher will leave their mark on our students, teaching them not only how to speak a second language, but also by sharing many lessons on diversity and culture. It is also important to note that we employ many teachers and administrators who are not native English speakers, but who are truly bilingual and contribute immeasurably to the level of bilingualism we enjoy here at school.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Another aspect that helps to define the difference between Bureche and other bilingual schools is that we offer exams such as the MAP tests in the third to tenth grades and the PSAT \/ SAT in the tenth to twelfth grades. These standardized tests are offered in English and allow us to assess the academic progress of our students throughout the curriculum. Not only do we teach English as a second language, what we offer is a comprehensive bilingual education program and our test results show that our students are not only bilingual, but can compete academically in both languages.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hs-responsive-embed-wrapper hs-responsive-embed\" style=\"height: auto;position: relative;overflow: hidden;padding: 0;max-width: 560px;max-height: 315px;min-width: 256px;margin: 0px auto;text-align: justify\">\n<div class=\"hs-responsive-embed-inner-wrapper\" style=\"position: relative;overflow: hidden;max-width: 100%;margin: 0\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A final aspect of bilingualism that we are currently paying more attention to is the practice of providing exchange programs to a broader range of students. We currently offer programs that take place in Canada, New York, Florida, Georgia, and England and these programs are now available to students from elementary to high school. Each program has a different focus and they are all available to students as a way to hone their second language skills, while having a different cultural experience than anything they have encountered before. Students who participate in these exchanges have a unique opportunity to further enrich and promote the use of a second language here at school and in their personal lives as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Over the past year, the word \u201cbilingualism\u201d has become a much more explicit and intentional approach to school, whereas in the past it was something that seemed to occur almost naturally. By continually reflecting on what drives the level of bilingualism here at Bureche, we can make changes to our programs, with the goal of developing truly bilingual students in mind.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;font-size: 14px\"><strong>\u2660 Author: Patrick Bauch &#8211; <\/strong><strong>High School Principal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <!--more--> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px\"><strong>References Bialystok, E. (2011). Reshaping the mind: The benefits of bilingualism. <em>Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology\/Revue canadienne de psychologie exp\u00e9rimentale, 65<\/em>(4), 229\u2013235. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/a0025406<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are committed to create a better world through an integral education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":373,"template":"","class_list":["post-359","school-news","type-school-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bilingualism at Bureche School - Bureche School | Biling\u00fce Internacional<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/colegiobureche.edu.co\/es\/school-news\/bilingualism-at-bureche-school\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bilingualism at Bureche School - 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