The effectiveness of the dual-language method both in teaching and performance

Abstract

Advisors insist that English be taught in English only in Kurdish schools. Students' level does not meet the required level. Thus, proving the effectiveness of a new method and presenting it to the administrators are the goals of this research based on studies accomplished to prove its impact. A question that arises here is whether this method is really useful. This research supposes this bilingual method has an efficacious result on the students’ educational process. This method proved itself to be effective concerning not only cognitive skills as essential requirements for the best performance but also high scores in other curricula, bilingual achievement, English proficiency, academic achievement, high mathematical scores as well as increasing bilingual performance. English was the participants' native language in the studies and were instructed in English and Spanish thus the situation in our country is similar as the students speak Kurdish and the instructions can be given in Kurdish and English because the level of students in the English language is not conducive to the desired results from teaching this language. Consequently, this method applies to Kurdish native speakers given that many studies have confirmed its success in teaching a second language in a bilingual medium. Further practical studies are needed on our students by comparing the consequences of teaching two groups by using the one-language method and the dual-language method considering the period of the study for accurate results.