Teaching English in Puerto Rico in the past 114 years.

By rose77r
  • Department of public instruction is created with a commissioner assiged

    Department of public instruction is created with a commissioner assiged

    En this year 1900-1902 was to conserve the spanish language and aquire Eglish.
  • 1904-Education policy was to retain the spanish and acquire the english

    1904-Education policy was to retain the spanish and acquire the english

    1902 they endordes a bill that gave both spanish and English official recognition.
  • 1913 English official language

    1913 English official language

    English is the main language to teach in school.
  • Introduced the use of spanish in first grade for some courses.

    Introduced the use of spanish in first grade for some courses.

    The use of spanish in curses like health and hygiene.
  • a law was presented to make spanish the offical language to teach in school

    a law was presented to make spanish the offical language to teach in school

  • American citizenship for Puerto Rico

    American citizenship for Puerto Rico

    The world war one begins and the puertoricans get there citizenship.
  • The controversy continues depates en favor and againts english and spanish.

    The controversy continues depates en favor and againts english and spanish.

    In this time commissoner Miller was defending English and Jose de Diego was in favor of Spanish.
  • 1930 Came Juan B. Huyke for commissioner

    1930 Came Juan B. Huyke for commissioner

    In this moment he wanted more emphasis in English. He wanted the profesors and students to talk Engilsh when there were out of school. Materiales in spanish were propieded prohibited.
  • In this year politics look for alternatives proposed for language.

    In this year politics look for alternatives proposed for language.

    This year the politics look for alternatives and proposed the language as thier primare factor between the puerto Rican and the Americans. the commissioner in this time was Dr. José Pandín
    was the first to make English as a foreign language.
  • Tried to make a bililgual programs but to many protests

    Tried to make a bililgual programs but to many protests

    In this year the commissioner was José gallardo tried to implament bilingual school in the island put ther were to many proteast againts it.
  • The use of spanish in first to fourth grade

    The use of spanish in first to fourth grade

    The use of spanish in our first to fourth grades andin fifth grade half of the clases will be in English and the other half in spanish and it will be the same in 6-8 grades.
  • The end of the debate.

    The end of the debate.

    In this year the commissioner was Dr. Marino Villaronga put the end of the debates and decreting Spanish as the primary language in all grades.
  • Endorsed a bill that made spanish the island's official language

    Endorsed a bill that made spanish the island's official language

    The Puerto Rican legislation and the Gov. Rafael Hernandez Colon endorsed a bill that made spanish the island's official language.
  • The Gov. Pedro Rossello signed a new law equal status.

    The Gov. Pedro Rossello signed a new law equal status.

    The pro-statehood governor, Pedro Rossello signed legislation restoring equal statust to Spanish and English.
  • Chamber of representative aproved a law to develop biligual school.

    Chamber of representative aproved a law to develop biligual school.

  • Luis Fortuño wantes to make biligual programas.

    Luis Fortuño wantes to make biligual programas.