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Ever thought about enrolling your child in a dual language program? Maybe you should…
Studies have shown that children enrolled in foreign language studies in elementary school show an improved overall school performance, tend to be more creative, and are better at solving complex problems.
Additionally, they achieve the lifelong ability to communicate with many more people and have a competitive advantage in the workplace.
Did you know that students in foreign language programs statistically score higher on standardized tests… even when they’re in English? Additionally, the students who had 4 or more years of foreign language scored higher on the verbal section of the SATs.
Learning a foreign language actually enhances a student’s ability in English, even when it’s total emersion. In fact, one study showed after 5 years of an immersion program, dual language students outperformed all comparison groups and were high academic achievers throughout their schooling.
The two most common models for dual language programs are the 90/10, where you start in kindergarten with 90% foreign language instruction and decrease by 10% until 50% is reached in the 4th grade and the 50/50 model, where half the time is spent in both languages.
At Travis we use the 50/50 model in our dual language program. Students can become orally proficient in about two to three years, but need five to seven years to achieve full academic language proficiency.
We invite you to come and visit one of the dual language classes, at our school. See our students in the process of becoming a second language learner.
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