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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I posted earlier- had two kids go through DKFI.  One tested into French 2 for 9th grade (private HS), the other into AP French (ERHS).  Both had other DKFI students in their classes.  I had always heard that immersion students become fluent speakers, but their reading and writing skills are not necessarily as advanced, which is why they don't always test at the highest level on placement tests.  Not sure how true it is.[/quote]

That was my experience teaching some graduates from DKFI. Great speakers but the grammar wasn't as good as I'd expected it to be. However it was impressive to me that they could get such fluency in 9 years of immersion and also a pretty great work ethic. All were very brilliant students and have ended up in Georgetown for one, the USNA for another and one who didn't end up going to our school got a full ride boarding at a northeast private school. If they test into AP for high school then that's honestly pretty great. They definitely wouldn't get better in a private or public regular middle school language class. And the cultural element they brought too was very good. You could tell the teachers and school had made a point to teach them about various francophone countries. They spoke highly of the school. This was a few years ago. Hopefully it's still as good as they made it sound ! [/quote]

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