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[quote=Anonymous]From what I've observed as a parent who speaks one target language fluently and another decently, depends on the language. Overall, the kids on the Spanish-speaking track speak enough of the target language to use it to communicate most of the time in non-English classes. They're coming out of feeders that offer what's close to dual immersion, with admins who are native speakers, in a country where Spanish is commonly spoken. Not true for most of the French and Chinese students. Few can express complex thoughts in the target language, no matter how they years they spent at Stokes or YY. They can understand, and read, much better than they can speak. They generally revert to English when they aren't required to speak the target language by a teacher. You hear this in small group work in class, when a teacher is off working with a different group. [/quote]
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