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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The word about how tough IBD language exams actually are, because they emphasize speaking (unlike AP), is starting to trickle down to the DCI feeder and middle school families.

DCI parents who've been told by teachers and admins that their kids' language skills are great for years can be shocked when their 17 and 18 year olds score 2s, 3s and 4s out of 7 possible points, particularly with Chinese and French.

More of the UMC middle school and high school families are enrolling in summer immersion programs. Some are enrolling in weekend heritage language programs in the burbs.[/quote]

Do you work for a summer immersion program? Because I am so tired of hearing about how great they are. 
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I'm not the poster you're responding to but the issue obviously isn't summer immersion, it's 2-way immersion. The DCI feeders and DCI don't offer that, other than maybe for Spanish. Without real immersion, kids don't learn to speak languages. You don't need summer immersion if you're fine with the kids not really speaking, or the language is spoken at home.[/quote]

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