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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Above sounds wonderful, and maybe there's a good deal of truth in it for Spanish. But academic subjects aren't taught exclusively in target languages in the DCI middle school, because very few students could cope with the content if this were the case.  Kids can't become fluent in languages simply by learning them at DCI or a DCI feeder, a fact that's lost on most UMC DCI parents. From what I can tell, very few DCI families send their children to weekend or summer language immersion programs, even when they can readily afford them. DCI families have other priorities, at off the Spanish track. If you want kick ass Higher Level IB Chinese, French of Arabic, head to Bethesda Chevy Chase, not DCI.   
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Why in whoever’s green earth would you want core subjects like math or physics taught in Chinese or French. It’s not like the exam is in those languages. 
I mean how many teachers in the US would even be qualified to do it? [/quote]

At DCI, kids take PE and social studies in target languages, not math or physics.
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I’m the PP considering a move from DCI. In no other public school in the dmv do they take academic classes like social studies and electives in a foreign language at a middle school or high school level. That is true even at BCC, WL (Washington Lee), Richard Montgomery, McLean, Langley, and even TJ. I have seen the work my kids produce and it is excellent, and I’m a native speaker. I wasn’t too impressed with the feeder school but I am honestly very impressed with the quality of language classes and academic classes taught in a foreign language at DCI. [/quote]

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