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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, but not sure how "lucky" we're feeling in our 1st year at DCI. Chinese track students are grouped into required language classes, from Level 1A - Level 3B. My girl cracked the most advanced group. [b]On a summer trip to China, we realized that she can't speak half as well as we thought she could.[/b]

I'm not thrilled with this result, or with her for-all-comers English class. She reads 2-3 years ahead of the curriculum but is in class with a bunch of kids who are behind, some far behind. The rest of her 6th grade program is OK.

We're waiting to hear if she's been admitted to privates, hoping for good financial aid.[/quote]

This is extremely common in language immersion schools. My DH attended a British prep school in a foreign country and earned straight As. It was a very tough school with a large British ex-pat community. He had the same experience as your daughter when he came to the US. He refused to even consider a language immersion school. Immersion schools cannot offer true immersion and if no one speaks the language at home, it’s truly pointless.[/quote]

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