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as a Global Village Academy student your child is being introduced to a world of language and culture that is simply not available in the Traditional School each of the Global Village Academies offers three languages your student will study one of these languages from kindergarten through 8th grade research has clearly shown that the immersion program like the one at Global Village are the most promising and comprehensive way to learn a new language but what exactly does immersion mean immersion programs teach content through the new or Target language no less than 50% of the school day it means that your child will not simply be taking language classes your student will be listening to and speaking for at least half of the day learning math science and social studies exclusively in the target language starting in the early grades your child will have at least 90 minutes of English reading and writing research shows that students learning content in a second language consistently score as high as peers who are learning the same content in English only by 8th grade students will complete up to 5,000 hours of instruction in the new language they will also produce portfolios of work demonstrating their listening Speak reading and writing ability the goal is for your student to be fluent enough to pass the advanced proficiency language test in his or her first year of high school our teachers are trained to use a variety of techniques make sure that their students understand what they are teaching for the younger students they use many visuals gestures and exaggerated Expressions to communicate as the students Proficiency in conversations become more natural and sophisticated teachers continually encourage students to speak and write in the target language in the beginning as novice Learners of the language student speak in highly rehearsal words and simple phrases as they moved to the intermediate low-level around 4th to 5th grade students use more unrehearsed spontaneous language including senses and even paragraph let's take a look at a third-grade class Aspen the French Village Khalifa today's science class is presented a unit of the life cycles of different animals and his class is Miss Baya introduce the content and language for today's lesson the group Duke at research is very clear that the best way for students to learn whether it's language or any other subject is for them to become actively engaged in the learning process that's why you will see so many small group projects at global village with a tomahawk definition of Lagoon by now these students have gotten so used to speaking only French in their classes it has become second nature for them being a student in an immersion class is hard work are they learning new content in each subject but they are also acquiring the language skills needed to communicate about that subject Pizza this is now a passive process the teacher guides and facilitate but the students are expected to actively participate in their own learning eucalyptus emoji through the process of listening speaking reading and writing these students are continuing to learn and demonstrating what they've learned about the world of science while becoming increasingly proficient in their new language since your child is attending Village Academy he or she will be well prepared with the skills of a second language and an understanding of global culture which will be key to meeting the complex challenges of the 21st Century

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