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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any update on which schools are adding FLES?[/quote]

Bailey's will be adding Spanish FLES for students who aren't in the Spanish Immersion program.[/quote]

AKA the "make it easier on Spanish-speaking kids who are doing poorly."

V. good letter in the FFX Co paper this week on a Herndon elem school removing French for Spanish because of this. Totally shameful, and I'm so glad I don't live in Herndon.[/quote]

I don't know about making it easier on the students who are doing poorly because, unlike immersion, they don't get grades for FLES.  It's just like another special.  There's no way you can learn a foreign language only getting 1-2 hours a week of it (and no homework) but switching to Spanish instead of French is far more practical for this area. More kids will have an opportunity to hear/see/practice Spanish than they will French.[/quote]

This was (sort of) given as a reason for adding FLES at my DC's school. Since the lessons taught in the FLES language are tied to the English-language curriculum, it does reinforce the curriculum content for kids who are native speakers of the FLES language. So yes, adding Spanish FLES at Bailey's will reinforce the curriculum for kids who speak Spanish. Won't do much for the Arabic speakers or any of the other 30 or so languages spoken at Bailey's.[/quote]

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