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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, just try to get into a feeder to increase your chances.[/quote]

No family is going to be stupid enough to put their kid who has had zero language into the upper grades feeder schools just to get into DCI.

The kids is going to miss 50% instruction not understanding anything and will be miserable and hate you for it[/quote]

You don't understand how DCI works. You won't have "immersion" classes until year 3 of the target language (or more). Essentially, if you start with Chinese 1 in 6th, you won't get to immersion classes until 9th grade, at least. I believe it's the same for French and Spanish.

The chances of getting into Spanish program are also less because more people choose that as an option, so you are competing against more kids for fewest spots. [/quote]

I know exactly how DCI works.  I’m talking about the feeder schools and trying to get into the upper grades when your kid don’t know the language at all.  They will struggle a lot and will not understand anything and miss out on key instruction.

BTW the kids coming in with no language at DCI are the low ones on the totem pole.  They don’t benefit from the unofficial tracking that high performing kids from feeder gets in the immersion classes.[/quote]

Oh, right, sorry, I missed that. My bad! :) And yes, completely agree about kids starting at zero at DCI. [/quote]

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