Claremont Immersion

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PP with kid in immersion with LD. My K kid has them too and wondering how this going to pan out. I know the LD is not related to language acquisition, but curious about your statement that it is hands on....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP with kid in immersion with LD. My K kid has them too and wondering how this going to pan out. I know the LD is not related to language acquisition, but curious about your statement that it is hands on....

Because roughly half the kids come in not knowing Spanish, teachers have to be creative to impart both the language and concepts being taught. We found that there were a good amount of projects, the teacher used hands-on activities, especially in science etc. The format really did change in middle school to lecture - which happens to classes in English as well. DC had a neuropsych evaluation in 6th grade (the neuropsych happened to be a bilingual Latina, although the testing was only in English). She explained that there can be an extra burden on working memory and processing having to learn content in a second language and the lecture format common in middle school immersion is not ideal for kids with LD's. She specifically said that it's not a question of language ability, or the ability to continue learning Spanish (or start a third language) as a foreign language (Gunston and other Arlington middle schools also offer classes in Spanish for fluent speakers, which kids who leave immersion can take). Good luck!

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Anonymous wrote:PP with kid in immersion with LD. My K kid has them too and wondering how this going to pan out. I know the LD is not related to language acquisition, but curious about your statement that it is hands on....

Because roughly half the kids come in not knowing Spanish, teachers have to be creative to impart both the language and concepts being taught. We found that there were a good amount of projects, the teacher used hands-on activities, especially in science etc. The format really did change in middle school to lecture - which happens to classes in English as well. DC had a neuropsych evaluation in 6th grade (the neuropsych happened to be a bilingual Latina, although the testing was only in English). She explained that there can be an extra burden on working memory and processing having to learn content in a second language and the lecture format common in middle school immersion is not ideal for kids with LD's. She specifically said that it's not a question of language ability, or the ability to continue learning Spanish (or start a third language) as a foreign language (Gunston and other Arlington middle schools also offer classes in Spanish for fluent speakers, which kids who leave immersion can take). Good luck!

Did your child go to Claremont or Key?

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Anonymous wrote:PP with kid in immersion with LD. My K kid has them too and wondering how this going to pan out. I know the LD is not related to language acquisition, but curious about your statement that it is hands on....

Because roughly half the kids come in not knowing Spanish, teachers have to be creative to impart both the language and concepts being taught. We found that there were a good amount of projects, the teacher used hands-on activities, especially in science etc. The format really did change in middle school to lecture - which happens to classes in English as well. DC had a neuropsych evaluation in 6th grade (the neuropsych happened to be a bilingual Latina, although the testing was only in English). She explained that there can be an extra burden on working memory and processing having to learn content in a second language and the lecture format common in middle school immersion is not ideal for kids with LD's. She specifically said that it's not a question of language ability, or the ability to continue learning Spanish (or start a third language) as a foreign language (Gunston and other Arlington middle schools also offer classes in Spanish for fluent speakers, which kids who leave immersion can take). Good luck!

Did your child go to Claremont or Key?

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