Teacher perception on bilingualism on infant education and primary education schols of the region of Murcia

Abstract

Over time, society undergoes continuous changes, among which stands out the one that suffers the educative sector. Currently, English language is used in a global way, facilitating communication among countries and allowing people evolution along their life. Because of this, bilingual education has a great importance at most of the schools. The current work is focused on analysing teaching perception on Infant Education and Primary Education centres in the Region of Murcia regarding bilingual teaching. For this purpose, a mixed model has been used, to prepare an ad hoc questionnaire of sixteen closed items, classified in three dimensions (influence on English language learning and the implementation of bilingual centers and programs, influence of bilingualism in the learning of Something like the repercussion in the learning of other areas, and the qualitative issues in the current program implemented in the CARM? Why?). The information extracted has been interpreted according to the age of the teachers, the type of center, and the years of teaching experience. Finally, the results explain that professionals are positioned in favor of language learning, and the establishment of bilingual centers, also ensuring that bilingualism influences the acquisition of knowledge. Although, on the other hand, they do not consider that teaching other areas in the English language favors the learning of them.