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[quote=Anonymous]Our base school was a language immersion school in FCPS so we enrolled our child in the language. Neither of us speak the language but we liked the idea of our child being exposed to a new language and the challenges that come from learning a new language. The school was upfront that they taught Science and Math in the target language but that they would not be teaching grammar for the target language. We saw various writing assignments in the language so we know he was doing some writing in the language. He was reading some younger books and magazines in the target language.

We did not send him expecting that he would be fluent at the end of ES. We knew that the focus was more on learning the spoken language and even that would mainly be in Science and Math. He is taking the language in MS now. It is a regular class. He is taking the HS level 1 class. The benefit that his class has, because it is all immersion kids, is that the know the alphabet and what the language sounds like. They have an idea about the grammar because they have been listening to the language and done some writing in the language. He is feeling more confident with his abilities in the class and I would guess that they will pick up the pace as they are doing more grammar and vocabulary tests. They have completed several presentations about their family and pets and other subject matters.

We appreciated the ES program because it provided something different that challenged him in school. I do think that the kids taking the language in MS have a solid basic foundation that is making the language a bit easier for them. Not to mention, there is a lot of literature pointing to learning a second language benefiting in brain development and growth. If you think your child is struggling in one of the classes taught in the langauge, you might want to move out of immersion. I know some kids moved out when they were struggling with math in the target language. [/quote]

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