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[quote=Anonymous]I wouldn't pick immersion because I taught bilingual education in California in the 90's. Although, I grew up speaking both Spanish and English, I was educated in English (although I studied Spanish for a year in Spain). My vocabulary in English is far superior in English than Spanish. In Spanish I can say I am hungry, but in English I can say I am ravenous, famished, starving, voracious. Most bilingual teacher grew up speaking Spanish at home but never attended college in Spanish speaking country or if they did their English is lacking. It is really hard to find bilingual teachers who are fluent at a college level in both languages.   My kindergarten comes home with new vocabulary in English from his peers (whose parents are college educated) and his teachers. He just asked me if google or googleplex was bigger and how many zeros each one had because his classmates were discussing it (there are a couple of kids in his class whose parents are computer scientists). [/quote]

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