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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid attends Yu Ying.  He is three grades ahead in reading in English but below grade level, does not meet bench marks in Chinese.  His reading level in English has stayed ahead since K but his Chinese has not advanced at all this year and he's fallen behind.  He's in second grade.

We got him a Chinese tutor recently.  We don't do anything for English and Math.

I've also heard that immersion kids have a delay in reading/writing skills but never seen any backup for this.  I doubt DS's English skills would be more advanced if he attended an English only school but he's only in 2nd grade.[/quote]

How far behind is he in Chinese?  Why do you think his Chinese has fallen behind?[/quote]

He's 1 level behind according to one assessment and very behind according to the Circle assessment that the school uses.  I give more credence to the Circle assessment since this is a standard assessment used for Mandarin.  The reason he is behind is bc Chinese is harder than English reading and writing wise and he only gets to use Chinese at school.

His tutor thinks his deficits are correctable.  She was tutoring a similar child who caught up.

Honestly, we are not particularly concerned since he does well in English.  We consider any Mandarin he learns a bonus.  His receptive Chinese is much better than his expressive Chinese according to his teachers.[/quote]

Thanks,

This is helpful information.  A few posters on this thread have noticed their childrens' reading slide in the target language in the upper grades (despite being advanced readers in K).  However, it's also good to hear that many of the advanced English readers remain so as they move up in school.  It's a reminder that we need to make sure our son has as many opportunities outside class and school to speak/read/write in Spanish.  This can be a challenge since we don't speak Spanish at home, but we'll have to be creative.

-OP[/quote]

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