Research on bilingual education shows that
A) non-English-speaking minority children acquire English more easily in English-only classrooms.
B) providing instruction in two languages prevents adequate proficiency in both languages.
C) a strategy that promotes children's native-language skills while they learn English is most effective for non-English-speaking minority children.
D) providing instruction in two languages hinders children's cognitive and linguistic development.
C
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