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Reply to "Start language in 6th grade or 7th?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I found that at our middle school orientation the staff were discouraging language in sixth grade. They really emphasized how difficult, rigorous and advanced it was and because of that how small the classes were. [/quote] Small classes with rigorous and advanced coursework - if this was any other class GT parents would be all over it! Why are people so afraid of 3 years of foreign language in middle school? Research has shown that the younger children are when learning a foreign language the more likely they are to become fluent. Waiting until high school, the window for language acquisition starts to close. My rising 6th grader is looking forward to starting Spanish next year. His middle school offers world languages up to level 3.[/quote]
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