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[quote=Anonymous]At ages 8 and 9 (that must be 2nd & 3rd or 3rd & 4th) I would only do this if:

A) the school could assure me that they have had students do this and everything was fine (by which I mean both academic and social considerations).

B) I could speak with one or more families who have actually entered at a later grade (and if they can't give out contact info, then they could give out my contact info and ask a couple of parents to call me and make themselves available).

C) I could spare the resources to hire a tutor for the first few months, if not the first whole year, in order to give my children extra support outside of school.

D) If it didn't work out, I had a way to get them into a good regular English-speaking/non-immersion school.

F) The children wanted to do it.

That's just me, though, and I could be over-thinking it.  I know children at that age still learn languages much more easily than adults.  Children come here from overseas, and have to pick up the language through ESL, and still come out fine.  You're asking questions in advance, so you're clearly not the type to let your children flounder and fail.[/quote]

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