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[quote=Anonymous]Both of my kids did Spanish immersion. One is now a college sophomore who may minor in Spanish and is studying Latin American history. The second is a high school freshman. The older completed the IB diploma. The younger is two years ahead in math. I don’t think immersion hurt them one bit - in fact, I think it helped them.

I never expected fluency but I will tell you this. My oldest got off the waitlist for immersion in 2nd grade. By the third semester, we were in Target and walked by a mother/son duo and the mom was speaking in Spanish. My kid looked at me and said “mom, I know what she was saying! She was asking him if he wanted the blue coat or the red coat!” I was kind of shocked because it had been maybe 6 months into the program and they hadn’t had Spanish before this.

Long story short, I am a big believer in immersion. My oldest had probably 30 or so kids in the cohort when they graduated and my youngest test probably had 30-35.

My only wish is that our high school had a stronger Spanish program. But my oldest did pass the IB Spanish HL with a 6 or 7 - enough that they were able to skip two levels of Spanish in college, which covered their language requirement. We took them both to Spain a couple years ago and the oldest was a big help in translating and I think it boosted their confidence.

I’ll never stop advocating for immersion.[/quote]

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