Dual Language for Rising Kinders

Spanish Dual Immersion is an exciting program where students receive 50/50 Spanish and English instruction, on an A-Day/B-Day rotation. Students will receive Spanish instruction from a bilingual teacher every other day. Students in the Dual Immersion program will learn to speak, understand, read and write in Spanish as well as in English. All students in the Dual Language Program will be taught the same North Carolina state standards and curriculum as other elementary school students.

• Nearly 40 years of research has shown that immersion students score significantly higher on standardized tests than non-immersion students.

• Students educated in a dual language program are better able to navigate the complexities of a multicultural global society.

• Research shows that the bilingual brain is better able to perform high level thinking processes than the monolingual brain.

No! It's for English Language Learners too!

Dual language programs are also proving to be far more beneficial to English Language Learners (ELLs) than simply placing ELL students in English-speaking classrooms.

A recent study by the RAND Corporation found that ELLs in dual language programs are more likely to succeed academically in a number of key areas. In comparison to English learners who were not enrolled in dual language programs, these students were found to:

• Outperform their peers on state reading tests
• Be more likely to be classified as “English proficient” by grade 6

• Dual Language Handout

• 6 Potential Brain Benefits Of Bilingual Education

• Learning A Second Language: How Can Parents Help

• Getting Reading for Kindergarten

• Preparing Your Child (And You) for Dual Language Kindergarten