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[quote=Anonymous]I have a kid in Claremont and one at Gunston in immersion. The gunston kid is basically fluent (or so his teacher said). We don't speak Spanish at home and he obviously had a messed up few years due to covid but it still worked out. We started using Spanish tutors in the summer but switched to all year during covid. We also do Spanish books and tv. Kids get supplemental help in English learning every single minute of their lives even if you don't realize it (you read to them, you bake and ask simple math problems, you tall about historical events or do science projects or go to museums).

I don't really get why families expect to do zero Spanish learning outside school and have Immersion just work. You don't need to pay for a tutor but I think you need to incorporate Spanish learning into your life just like you do with English for kids to be really successful.

I also have a younger kid and he did covid kinder so he hasn't had as much Spanish as he should be now but generally seems to understand it and his math scores are great. He does have a once a week spanish tutor and we do Spanish reading comprehension books at home.

My eldest didn't really start to believe he understood Spanish until 4th and didn't feel comfortable speaking it until 5th but now we go to Spanish speaking countries and he does all the talking for us.

So yes I think immersion is more work than neighborhood programs if you truly want to be fluent. Your kid has spent 5-6 years learning English, no one should expect a new language to be easy or for them to be good at it 8 weeks into learning a new one.

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