As described by Krashen (1998), what is the first myth about the failure of bilingual education?

a. The United States is the only country that uses bilingual education.
b. The belief that immigrants in the past did well without bilingual education is false in that many came already fluent to a degree in two languages.
c. Bilingual education has been a failure in California.
d. The high dropout rate among Hispanic students is due to being in a bilingual education class.


Ans: D

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