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English & Job Opportunities
1898-1900- Dr. John Eaton and Dr. Victor Clark established that Puerto Rican teachers should learn English to obtain better opportunities on being hired. -
Keeping Spanish
1900-1902- The educattional policy proposed that Spanish will be kept ()and taught in primary grades) , and English was going to be learned as a special course. -
Foracker Act
The Official Language Act or Foraker act granted official status to both English and Spanish on the island. -
Increment of English Use/Usage
1902-1904- The use of English in public schools was increased with the intention of making it the official language. -
Spanish Supression
1905-1913 Spanish is supressed. English was the language of instructions in all grade levels. -
Secondary Schools
1900-1949- English was the language of instruction in secondary schools. -
Mariano Villaronga's Circular #10
Spanish became the language of instruction in public shools and English became a subject to be taught in all grades. -
"Ley de Reforma Educativa"
It stated that English as a special and preference language. -
Two official languages
Both English and Spanish became official languages, and should be use indistinctively in all goverment agencies. -
Spanish instruction
From 1949-1997 Spanish was the language of instruction in public schools at the primary and secondary levels. -
Bilingual Citizen Project
An English immersion program was developed as a pilot. Both English and Spanish were taught in public shools. -
"Ley del Idioma Oficial"
Spanish was declared as the sole official language of the Puerto Rican governmemt. -
BEC21 and ES1
Bilingual projects like ( for secondary level BEC21) and (ES21in middle and high schoo lstudents.).
