The Practice of Bilingualism in Andalusia, Spain

A bilingual education program consists of teaching a substantial part of a subject in a different language from the native language of the students. These programs exist in several countries around the world, for example USA, Niger, Mozambique, India or Spain. It is wide accepted the positive effects of knowing a second language, not only in economic aspects (efficiency and cost saving of being able to communicate without traslator, for example), but also improving memory, enhancing concentration, etc. An investment by the state in bilingual education is an investment in the long term future of the workforce, known as human capital. This investment returns to the individual (higher earning), and also to the economy as a whole (higher productivity). The objective of this study is to analyze the implementation of the Bilingual Project in a Secundary School in the South of Spain. The pupils study English as a second language and French as a third language. Furthemore, some other subjects, such as Social Science, Biology and Technology must be taught in English, at least, the 50% of the classes. This is what the legal system says, but what is the reality?.