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In New York City public schools, 176 different languages are spoken among the more than 1 million students. For 160,000 children, English is not their first language. New York’s Department of Education makes learning better for these students by providing dual-language programs. Students are taught in two languages, English and another one, like Russian or Chinese. Math, social studies, science and all other regular courses are taught in both languages. And they learn about the culture of the other country. Milady Baez is Deputy Chancellor of English Language Learners and Student Support. She says these dual-language programs will help children succeed in the future. "The jobs of the future require that our students know more than one language. They are going to be traveling abroad, they are going to be communicating with people from all over the world. This will open doors for them.” David A. Booty Middle School in Brooklyn offers dual language education in four languages: Russian, Mandarin, Spanish and Hebrew.
* the department of education = 교육국(성)/ dual-language = 이중어/ deputy = (한 조직의 장(長) 바로 다음 가는 직급인) 부-[-보/대행[대리](인)]/ chancellor = 총장/ open doors for sb = ~에게 길을 열어 주다[성공할 기회를 마련해 주다]/ Mandarin = 표준 중국어/ Hebrew = 히브리어
Shuya Zhang teaches a dual language class. She says the program helps children get ready to work with people in other countries. "Look at now-a-days, America started economic relationships with China. Lots of factories have been built, companies moved to China. They need people with the skills with both language skills so the kids when they are grown up, they already have this skill.” Middle-schoolers might not have jobs on their minds yet. For Kequing Jaing, she likes keeping up her first language, Mandarin. “It makes me, like, feel that I am home because I can speak in Chinese, learn in Chinese, while learning in English. So it makes me feel better and makes me understand more about the task I’m learning.” Anastasia Hudikova came to the United States when she was 2 years old. She says the Russian-English program keeps her connected to her heritage and her parents happy. “They’re really happy about the program that it exists. They are really happy that I can preserve my culture and my language, that I can speak it fluently in school.”
* work with ~ = ~와 함께 일하다/ keep[have, set] ~ on one's mind = (~을) 마음 쓰(고 있)다/ keep up ~ = ~이 떨어지지 않게 하다(유지 하다)/ first language = (태어나서 맨 먼저 배우는) 제1언어, 모국어/ heritage = 유산/ preserve = 지키다[보호하다]/ fluently = 유창하게, 술술
