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[quote=Anonymous]I also had a kid in full immersion and he was not well served.  If you think your child will be several years above grade level, proceed with caution, particularly if the acceleration need will be in the reading/language arts area.  My kid was reading about five years above GL and it was so hard to get him materials that were the right level!  If he was interested in reading it, he didn't always have the foreign language ability to do so, and his decoding ability in the foreign language far surpassed his actual vocabulary.  It was very tough and we pulled him at the end of third grade for an HGC, which was the right move.

Also, immersion teachers create their own materials so if your child needs MS-level work in ES, the teacher probably won't have it and it's a lot to ask a teacher to create more curriculum materials just for your kid.  And the ES library probably won't have more advanced materials in the foreign language, either.

This is NOT to say there aren't plenty of smart kids in immersion!  But if you are looking for immersion to provide language-based challenge and enrichment, this might not be the right choice.[/quote]

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