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[quote=Anonymous]There are a lot of native Spanish speakers who go to immersion programs every year and within three school years are conversationally fluent and within 8 are academically so. I would guess having the child in immersion in school, supporting acquisition out of school with asking them to read, write, speak, and listen to the target language outside of school (students tell me watching tv and listening to radio helps a LOT) and not expecting the child’s native and Target language acquisition to match within the first year acknowledging that the native language will always be stronger and the target language always a struggle until the child has had an opportunity to invest time and do the heavy lifting. Often I see parents pulling children way to early from. Dual language or immersion programs because they just don’t have developmentally appropriate expectations and are not appropriately supporting at home (they will spend time translating for the child into their native language to avoid child grappling with the discomfort of figuring it out for themselves)[/quote]

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