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[quote=Anonymous]I'm from Europe by way of Canada. In Europe and Canada, one-way language instruction isn't considered immersion and isn't referred to as such. You don't need 50/50 native speakers-non native speakers to support a veritable immersion program, but you do need a good cohort of native speakers. My understanding is that YuYing enrolls a handful (literally) of native speakers in a school with almost 600 students. That set up isn't any kind of immersion by any standard. Yes, the kids are taught Chinese, but there's no immersion because the language is rarely spoken outside of classrooms under the supervision of teachers.

When we considered YuYing for our child last year after winning a lottery spot, we toured the school with a friend. The friend is a parent leader whose children have attended for many years. We listened carefully for children speaking Chinese to one another in hallways, on the playground/grounds, in the cafeteria and in the after-care program. We heard no Chinese spoken between students outside of Chinese classes during the several hours we were on campus.  [/quote]

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