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Tainos and Caribes were from different areas of P.R. and spoke different languages.
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The Spaniards and our first habitants communicated through interperters.
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English was imposed in the Puerto Rican school system.
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Ruling established that all teacher must learn English.
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Elementary Schools - all Spanish subjects and English assigned as a special subject.
High School - All English subjects and Spanish assigned as a special subject. -
During this period 540 teachers were sent to the Universities of Cornell and Harvard to learn English.
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Spanish surpressed and English is used as a medium for teaching in all grades.
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US Citizenship was granted.
The linguistic contreversy continues to be tied in with politics. -
Mandated only English be spoken in and out of the classrooms.
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The comisioner tries to implement a bilingual program. Public protest did not allow it.
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English is assigned in public schools as the second language and Spanish prevails till six grade.
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Spanish was used as the main language till the 9th grade.
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The comisioner puts a stop to the debate of bilingual education declaring that all teachings be done in the vernacular language. This with held to the present.
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The comisioner declares English as a second language, considering it as foreign.
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The Department of Education requested funds for students that traveled from PR to the US in regards to the bilingual program.
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US Congress authorizes the program of Bilingual Education in PR.
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Studies indicate that 84,834 traveled in and out of public schools, and from this amount 59,810 had special needs for language acquisition.
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Till this day there still exist contreversies regarding bilingual education. Just recently there has been a shift in schools to implement and promote English.
