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[quote=Anonymous]I see so much vitriol on this page, which is sad.  Most American public schools have long failed to provide foreign language instruction at a young enough age for it to be truly beneficial for children, and immersion programs are an effort (albeit one that has flaws, of course) to try and correct that.  Does the goal always have to be native bilingualism?  I don't think that's realistic, and I don't think that HAS to be the goal. 
 Research is pretty solid that exposure to another language very early on has significant benefits for children, including making it easier for them to learn a second language later in life.  Do we have to keep shitting all over parents who did not receive those benefits as children but who want that early exposure for their own children?  Of course choosing immersion could pose difficulties in upper grades, just like many other situations can pose problems for our children as they learn.  But it is on those parents to recognize what is and is not working for their own children when issues come up.  Why make them feel ashamed for trying to provide their kids with the opportunity to obtain a skill they were never able to have?[/quote]

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