Four Benefits of Dual Immersion What is dual immersion? 1 2 4 3 Four Benefits of Dual Immersion

What is Dual Immersion? Dual Language is a bilingual education model that uses English and a partner or target language for 50% of instructional time. These programs generally: Begin in kindergarten and roll up one grade level per year. Require a clear separation of languages with commitment to stay in the target language and encourage students to use that target language during target language time as well. Require students to learn half of their academic content during the elementary years in the target language. Require that an immersion teacher craft his lessons so that the target language is developed before the student can truly understand and manipulate the content information.

Enhanced Cognitive Skills 1 Enhanced Cognitive Skills Dual Immersion Develops: 3-4 strong modalities (learning styles), similar to gifted students. cognitive flexibility, demonstrating increased attention control, better memory, and superior problem solving skills as well as an enhanced understanding of their primary language. stronger performance than non-DL peers on standardized tests in English

Strong Second Language Skills 2 Strong Second Language Skills Dual language students graduate their programs being bilingual, biliterate in two languages.

Global Economy Participation 3 Global Economy Participation This program model is the only one that allows for students to: 1) reach levels of language proficiency needed for full participation in the global economy. 2) Combine two proficient languages and an enhanced understanding of other cultures, so dual language students will be more successful in the global economy.

Enhanced Cultural Sensitivity 4 Enhanced Cultural Sensitivity Culture and language are inter-related. Therefore, students participating in the dual language program develop intercultural competence, meaning they learn to use language appropriately in different cultural contexts. Students become adept at accepting and becoming comfortable with others’ differences. “My main concern for the young children of Arizona and the USA as a whole, is that we are not equipping them with the educational tools necessary for them to be successful going forward” –Craig Barrett, Retired CEO of Intel Corporation Chairman of Arizona Ready Education Council

Famous quotes… ❝If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.❞
‒Nelson Mandela ❝One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.❞
‒Frank Smith ❝The limits of my language are the limits of my world.❞
‒Ludwig Wittgenstein ❝Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can; there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.❞
‒Sarah Caldwell

Famous quotes… ❝Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.❞
‒Chinese Proverb ❝You can never understand one language until you understand at least two.❞
‒Geoffrey Willans ❝Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.❞
‒Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ❝Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.❞
‒Rita Mae Brown