Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Exciting K-8 program in Oakland, CA

http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_15334820

"Ninety percent of kindergarten instruction is in Spanish, but more English instruction will be added each year. By the time students finish eighth grade, they are expected to be bilingual in reading, writing and speech."

I wonder how indicative this is of the necessity for immersion to enable students to become bilingual between K-8 grade? How realistic is my hope that I can accomplish a similar goal with my students in the same time frame, but with much more limited instruction?

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