When reading articles about bilingual education, it is important to distinguish whether the opinion is based on professional knowledge and research findings, or common misconceptions and ideology. This 9-minute recording starts after discussing an article on a petition to repeal bilingual policies in Miami’s Dade County. The background of Hispanic immigration into the U.S. is explained, how Spanish and Portuguese colonization affected ethnic groups and languages used in Latin America. U.S. Census statistics are cited elsewhere in this lecture to explain the growth of minorities to 1/3 of the U.S. population. The link is to a recent lecture by McGill Prof. Fred Genesee on infant bilingual capacity research findings, which was posted at this author’s “Japancasting” site: http://stevemc.blogmatrix.com Less