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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We did FLES for Spanish and I was frankly super disappointed.  The spent a whole quarter on one fairy tale - like Little Red Riding Hood and it was so drawn out and boring and my DS quit. I understand they are trying to revamp the program but it was really lame, they did a lot of coloring, and moved so slowly that it was just really hard to be engaged.   Maybe it's hard to teach a language one hour a week - I think languages should be taught in public school much younger and FLES is just not a substitute for that.[/quote]

I'm the PP who also did FLES Spanish.

Agree that they did a lot of coloring, which wasn't thrilling.  But, I will say that my kid did learn the colors in Spanish that way in K!  It does move slow, but I do think it's hard (impossible!) to teach a language one hour a week in school.

And, I completely agree that they should just add languages to every ES, instead of just the immersion programs.  If they makes kids take it in MS, it's silly not to start them young, when it's easier to learn.

I'm hoping to stick with FLES, just in case it helps DD out when she gets to MS.  At least she'll have been exposed to some Spanish words/pronunciations.  [/quote]

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