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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do they have an English only track?[/quote]

No - but you don't need to have studied a language before to start there at 6th grade.[/quote]

Can someone explain how this works? Isn't DCI supposed to be immersion? How in the world can a kid get caught up in a language in 6th grade when they have never had it before (assuming its not their language spoken at home). Especially for a language like Mandarin. [/quote]

It's not immersion. In middle school kids take 2 classes in their target language (of 6 total). The school website explains their approach. But (to echo the others) the info sessions are the best way to get understand this.[/quote]

That's not even half-immersion. I'm surprised.[/quote]

You shouldn't be.  It has never sold itself as an immersion school.  Instead, they state that kids will continue to learn in their target language, will have some classes in English and will learn a third language.  Always been the same.  Note that most of the feeder schools are not immersion either; they are bilingual.  I actually can't even think of one that is fully immersion after the early ed years. [/quote]

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