What do you think of Spanish immersion?

[Anonymous]

I like the idea of Spanish immersion but DH is not a fan.

What are your thoughts on Spanish immersion?

[Anonymous]

I think it is a little perplexing to run a Spanish immersion program at an overwhelmingly Hispanic population school.

I thought the point was to teach students English for those Hispanic children where Spanish is the primary language at home.

[Anonymous]

We wouldn't need Spanish immersion if illegals weren't immersing themselves in NoVa. Unfortunately we are a sanctuary area.

[Anonymous]

My DD is enrolled in the program and we like it. She is going into 2nd grade so we only have one year of experience with the program, but we like it.

[Anonymous]

Aren't these programs meant mainly to teach another language to students whose primary language is English? I have read that the younger a person is when introduced to a second language, the easier it is to learn another language. Fairfax County has elementary school programs in German and Japanese, in addition to Spanish. People in other countries begin to learn English at early ages, so it is good for English speakers to learn other languages, also.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aren't these programs meant mainly to teach another language to students whose primary language is English? I have read that the younger a person is when introduced to a second language, the easier it is to learn another language. Fairfax County has elementary school programs in German and Japanese, in addition to Spanish. People in other countries begin to learn English at early ages, so it is good for English speakers to learn other languages, also.

Not always. FCPS has and is expanding immersion into schools that have large native speaker populations. Yes, the schools have ESOL teachers for the large native speaker populations and then have world languages teachers that speak the language of the large native speaker population for immersion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aren't these programs meant mainly to teach another language to students whose primary language is English? I have read that the younger a person is when introduced to a second language, the easier it is to learn another language. Fairfax County has elementary school programs in German and Japanese, in addition to Spanish. People in other countries begin to learn English at early ages, so it is good for English speakers to learn other languages, also.

ACPS tries to balance their immersion classes with a mix of kids whose native languages are either English or Spanish. Half of the instructional day is in English and half is in Spanish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it is a little perplexing to run a Spanish immersion program at an overwhelmingly Hispanic population school.

I thought the point was to teach students English for those Hispanic children where Spanish is the primary language at home.

OP here. The school that offers Spanish immersion in our area does have a very high Hispanic population. I think it is about 1/3 Hispanic.

I think the point is for Spanish speakers to learn English and vice versa. DH thinks our kids should learn History in English and not Spanish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it is a little perplexing to run a Spanish immersion program at an overwhelmingly Hispanic population school.

I thought the point was to teach students English for those Hispanic children where Spanish is the primary language at home.

OP here. The school that offers Spanish immersion in our area does have a very high Hispanic population. I think it is about 1/3 Hispanic.

I think the point is for Spanish speakers to learn English and vice versa. DH thinks our kids should learn History in English and not Spanish.

American kids should learn EVERYthing in English and not Spanish. Foreign language classes, regardless of language, are the exception.
Sadly in this area they are going to see Spanish everywhere they go because foreign invaders are being catered to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it is a little perplexing to run a Spanish immersion program at an overwhelmingly Hispanic population school.

I thought the point was to teach students English for those Hispanic children where Spanish is the primary language at home.

OP here. The school that offers Spanish immersion in our area does have a very high Hispanic population. I think it is about 1/3 Hispanic.

I think the point is for Spanish speakers to learn English and vice versa. DH thinks our kids should learn History in English and not Spanish.

I teach at a FCPS immersion school, although it is a language other than Spanish. I have the students for language arts and social studies...in English. They take math and science in the immersion language.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it is a little perplexing to run a Spanish immersion program at an overwhelmingly Hispanic population school.

I thought the point was to teach students English for those Hispanic children where Spanish is the primary language at home.

OP here. The school that offers Spanish immersion in our area does have a very high Hispanic population. I think it is about 1/3 Hispanic.

I think the point is for Spanish speakers to learn English and vice versa. DH thinks our kids should learn History in English and not Spanish.

American kids should learn EVERYthing in English and not Spanish. Foreign language classes, regardless of language, are the exception.
Sadly in this area they are going to see Spanish everywhere they go because foreign invaders are being catered to.

Why? Why not be fluent in two languages, English and...? What about Japanese? German? French?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it is a little perplexing to run a Spanish immersion program at an overwhelmingly Hispanic population school.

I thought the point was to teach students English for those Hispanic children where Spanish is the primary language at home.

OP here. The school that offers Spanish immersion in our area does have a very high Hispanic population. I think it is about 1/3 Hispanic.

I think the point is for Spanish speakers to learn English and vice versa. DH thinks our kids should learn History in English and not Spanish.

I teach at a FCPS immersion school, although it is a language other than Spanish. I have the students for language arts and social studies...in English. They take math and science in the immersion language.

Math is taught in Spanish?!?! I would think that takes away a lot from the lessons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it is a little perplexing to run a Spanish immersion program at an overwhelmingly Hispanic population school.

I thought the point was to teach students English for those Hispanic children where Spanish is the primary language at home.

OP here. The school that offers Spanish immersion in our area does have a very high Hispanic population. I think it is about 1/3 Hispanic.

I think the point is for Spanish speakers to learn English and vice versa. DH thinks our kids should learn History in English and not Spanish.

I teach at a FCPS immersion school, although it is a language other than Spanish. I have the students for language arts and social studies...in English. They take math and science in the immersion language.

Math is taught in Spanish?!?! I would think that takes away a lot from the lessons.

1 + 1 = 2

Yes, a true tragedy if an American brain is exposed to math in a foreign language!

[Anonymous]

Is there a large population of immigrants from Germany in West Springfield (Orange Hunt Elementary School)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there a large population of immigrants from Germany in West Springfield (Orange Hunt Elementary School)?

The purpose of the immersion program in the schools is to immerse non-speakers of the language. I'm sure they have some native German speakers, but it would be a very small number of the whole student population, I'm sure. It would be the same for the other languages. The purpose is for the students to learn a new language.