Languages
What is Language Immersion?
“Language immersion” is a way of teaching language by completely immersing the learner in that language for significant periods of time. The learner will hear only the target language for both regular conversation (i.e. talk about getting dressed and eating meals), as well as subject matter learning (i.e. math and science). Research shows that with language immersion, young children learn their second language the same way they learned their first - by listening, absorbing, imitating, and then trying it out.
“Full immersion” means the child spends the vast majority of each day immersed in the target language. Research shows that the more time a child spends hearing and using the second language, the more fluent she will become. Partial immersion programs - where half the day is in English - do not result in nearly the same level of second language proficiency. The International School teaches a full immersion program.
Benefits of being bilingual
Language Immersion research
Chinese Immersion at TIS
Japanese Immersion at TIS
Spanish Immersion at TIS
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