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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes.  My friend's kid in the 5th grade can read at least at grade level in French, probably better, he is a smart kid.   My PK child can follow directions and understand French, but is still hesitant to do much talking, but it is clear that he knows a lot of French.  And, when he does speak, his accent is excellent.

[b]The school just switched to full immersion classroom model for upper grades (2.5 days a week in a classroom where only French is spoken, 2.5 in English).  This should serve to further improve learning in the target language.[/b]

However, because the school does not exclude students  from entering the school at higher grades, there are a number of students in the upper level classrooms that are way behind in the target language (and often in English).  But, those kids who have been in the school since K are doing very well in the target language.[/quote]

It sounds like you're describing partial immersion.  Wouldn't full immersion be 100% target language?

I'm interested in the school, but I can't make sense of your post.[/quote]

Sorry for the lack of clarity in that post.  By "full immersion classroom", I meant that both teachers in the room speak the target language only on the 2.5 days a week that the kids are in the target language classroom.  On the other 2.5 days the kids in  a classroom with two English speaking teachers.  By ensuring that the classroom is full immersion on the 2.5 days a week it forces the kids to speak the target language.  This should improve language learning.[/quote]

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