Parents'opinion about the bilingual program in the Autonomous Community of Madrid

The aim of this article is to understand the opinion and the level of satisfaction of the families of the bilingual program of the Madrid Community. Therefore, in this study 444 families of primary school students, who follow bilingual studies (English/Spanish), in 5 public schools, situated in Madrid center, have participated. For this study the data have been collected in an anonymous way, through a survey which has been completed by the families. The main results show that: families are highly satisfied with the bilingual program; they consider that the English level of the students improves; teachers, students and parents make an extra effort to make the bilingual program work; the English level of the parents is crucial to be able to help their children, and the content of History or Natural Sciences is not learnt at the same level as in monolingual educational centers.