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[quote=Anonymous]I have 2 kids in immersion. We've lived in two different neighborhoods since they've been in immersion and we haven't had any issues fostering friendships with the neighbors. However, in both neighborhoods the neighborhood kids go to a variety of schools (local, private, catholic) so it's not like our children are one of the only few to not be in the local school. The immersion programs are small and the benefit to us has been that we've gotten very close with many of the families and the relationships among the kids are pretty tight. This has it's disadvantages though because if certain kids don't get along they can't really "escape" from each other because it's a small pool of kids.

As far as English skills, both my kids are advanced readers in English (and in the immersion language), so that hasn't been negatively impacted. One child is not a good English speller but the other is extremely good at English spelling.  I'm not sure about the English writing - I'm not aware of a way for me to really evaluate how they're doing because their writing at school is in the immersion language.

Beyond the opportunity to become fluent, or semi-fluent, in another language, we also chose immersion for the challenge and long-term cognitive benefits. [/quote]

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