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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I simply don't see what the problem is with second language exposure from a young age, whether partial or full. I'm sorry but I'm just not worried about English language acquisition or success. I don't buy the Canadian academic's lecture above (and why is that person even on this board? snooping about the net much?). Exposure to a second language, whether fully acquired, practiced at home, or not, cannot be a problem unless perhaps the child has certain special needs. What I would give to have had that exposure before, say, high school. That child is not only learning language, they are learning multiculturalism and this is worth it. If the child is not writing and reading up to par by say, middle school, that's when to hire an English tutor. Not to fret about the value of immersion schools at a young age. This is a huge privilege of access to DC charters and it's no wonder the immersion schools have waitlists miles long. [/quote]

I'm with you, and the whole Trump Administration. To heck with evidence-based decisions. Honestly, don't fret about anything that's been researched, proven or published. I make a point of hiring multiculturalism majors before others myself, at the Taiwanese-run tech firm where I work. But wait, you don't have a kid enrolled in a DC charter immersion program whose target language you don't speak? Come now, where's your skin in the game? Where's your street cred?

Mile-long waitlists have a little something to do with neighborhood schools with proficiency pass rates in the teens, twenties, and, if you're lucky, thirties or forties, along with 7-figure prices for 3 and 4-bedroom renovated houses in the JKLM and Brent zones.[/quote]

There is plenty of data on the benefits of second languages for children. I'm sorry it doesn't fit whatever narrative you're pushing. The canadian takeaway was that there might be a cost in terms of native language proficiency (on university admission exams, maybe? can't remember). There isn't convincing evidence that there is active "harm" being done by these programs and there certainly are other benefits. This is one of the results of our school choice culture, right? JKLM parent made one choice; there are native Chinese speakers who have kids at YY and live in JKLM/Brent who have made a different choice. [/quote]

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