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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]My kid's school uses a 50/50 immersion model. No one in our family knows the language. It hasn't been a problem. DS is[b] above grade level[/b] in both English and the [b]immersion language[/b]. [/quote]

I see this remark often on dcum and I wonder what is meant by being at grade level in the immersion language. Does it mean that a child meets the grade expectations of the school for the immersion language (which, in my experience could be low but I accept as better than no second language at all) ? Or that they are just as proficient in both languages  (e.g., that your third grader is at a par in Spanish with third graders of Spanish speaking countries)? This last I certainly don't see happening, our immersion students are at least two grades behind foreign educated students when they finish elementary school here.

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It means they are working above the current grade level curriculum in the immersion language in our case the Flying with Chinese books.  Not sure how that compares to foreign educated students in the same grade.[/quote]

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