{"id":359,"date":"2021-07-09T21:53:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T21:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marstudiosites1.com\/wholekidsacademy\/academics\/curriculum\/spanish-immersion\/"},"modified":"2021-10-18T21:43:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T21:43:56","slug":"spanish-immersion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marstudiosites1.com\/wholekidsacademy\/academics\/curriculum\/spanish-immersion\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Immersion"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Full Language Immersion for Whole Kids<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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At Whole Kids Academy, Spanish is spoken about 90% of the time. Our teachers are native Spanish speakers and they communicate with our children, lead activities and teach a variety of subjects in the language.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Young children can easily learn new languages\u00a0<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Toddlers, preschoolers, and primary school-aged children are at the prime learning stage of their life and can naturally and easily grasp new language skills.<\/div>
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According to Dr. Susan Curtiss, Professor of Linguistics at UCLA, “The power to learn language is so great in the young child that it doesn\u2019t seem to matter how many languages you throw their way [\u2026]. They can learn as many spoken languages as you can allow them to hear systematically and regularly at the same time.”<\/div>
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Dr. Patricia Kuhl, a Speech Scientist at the University of Washington, reports that “babies are born \u2018citizens of the world\u2019 in that they can distinguish differences among sounds borrowed from all languages.\u201d *\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Benefits of Language Immersion<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Research shows that immersion education is effective for a wide variety of learners, including academically and intellectually gifted students, non-native English speakers, and students with special education needs and\/or socio-economic challenges.<\/div>
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Speakers of a second language have:<\/div>