Thread: what is a dual immertion program?

Hi rosviette.....welcome to the forums.

Up here in Canada, we have several forms of "Immersion". My kids are in the most typical type. In this case, they attend kindergarten, learning french a little more throughout the year, until by the end of the year they are speaking french perhaps half the time. By the ehnd of grade 1 they speak and read French 100% of the time. By the end of Grade 2 they are about 75% French instruction and 25% reading/writing in English, the same for grade 3, and from grade 4 on it remains between 50 and 80% French instruction.

In the US, I believe you would more likely find Spanish Immersion

Hope this helps

Lisa

Here is a simplified explanation of "dual immersion:"

Children attend class in their "home language" for part of the day.

The other part of the day, they repeat the same instruction in the 2nd language.

Therefore, they are "immersed" in both languages every day.

I believe there is more than one way to structure this; I'm giving you the version used in the school district I used to teach in.

Here is a link with more extensive info:

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