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[quote=Anonymous]FLES is not at every ES in FCPS. Most of the families I know who have kids at a school with FLES think it is a waste of time. The Teacher has to start over every year because new kids move into the school. There is no real benefit to an hour a week of language instruction with no homework and no reinforcement in the classroom.

Families who are interested in their child learning a language should look at the language immersion programs which have consistent exposure to the language. Even then, most of the kids are no where near fluent in the language. The ES do not focus on grammar and the like. DS participated in Japanese through LI and enjoyed the program. He learned more than he thinks he did but was not in a place where he felt comfortable having anything but a very basic conversations. I wonder if the kids in Spanish, French, or German LI programs are more comfortable then the kids in Japanese and Korean.

He is doing a lot more in Japanese in MS, which I suspect is moving faster then a normal first year class because the students were familiar with the alphabets and what the language should sound and look like. The MS Immersion classes are where the kids start to learn the formal grammar and vocabulary and the like. I did laugh this weekend as one of the kids who speaks Japanese said that if anyone spoke the way they are learning right now they would be seen as a tool in Japan. [/quote]

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