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There are immersion programs and there are partially-submerged programs. The former teaches a foreign language quickly and instills near-native skills. The latter advertises itself as an immersion program but leaves so many forms of escape that the student loses the special incentive (survival) to learn the language. Immersion language programs work mainly because the student is left without an easier way to learn. Take that away and you lose intensity. For true language immersion, the program must take place in the foreign country. That way, even the local telephone operator speaks the foreign language when the student sneaks away to make a call. Everything is in the foreign language - let's say Russian. Russian street signs, Russian menus, Russian product descriptions on packages, etc. This prompts a steady stream of discoveries. Students begin to ask the kind of questions they left behind at age 5: "What's that called?" "Is that a sobaka?" Web Design - Small business custom website from EverestWebDesign.com. Rich Christiansen: - Management metaphors at RichChristiansen.com. |
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