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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reason language acquisition in upper elementary and high school is currently undervalued is because many adults learned another language that way and most are "no damn good at it".  Americans are notoriously bad at foreign languages and starting when kids are 10 - 14 hasn't been successful hence the popularity of starting younger.  Couldn't hurt...[/quote]

The reason traditional foreign language classes don't work is because the students are never forced to communicate in the target language.  They just spit out translations....   There is some value to this but there needs to be more focus on conversation to make it work.[/quote]

The current immersion craze is all about using the language and even learning other subjects like math, social studies, etc in the target language.  Conversations and discussions using the language are in content and not for the sole purpose of learning another language.  Simply sounds like a better method...[/quote]

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