SUMMER IMMERSION SPANISH CAMP

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SUMMER IMMERSIONSPANISH CAMP
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WILL STUDENTS BECOME PROFICIENT BY TAKING FLEX?
(Foreign Language Exploratory)

• Explore a variety of languages and culture.
• Awareness of studying a foreign language.

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TO STUDY A FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIRES A LOT OF
COMMITMENT

• Learning as a lifelong experience.
• Trying it out in all different modalities
  orally, reading, writing, listening.
• Following the Standards for Foreign Languages
  Communication, Culture, Connections, Comparison,
  Communities.

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HOW DO STUDENTS BECOME PROFICIENT IN ANOTHER
LANGUAGE?

• Starting early in life.
• Being exposed to it on an everyday basis.
• Following the Standards for Foreign Language,
  especially Communication.

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COULD IT BE CONFUSING LEARNING ENGLISH AND A
FOREIGN LANGUAGE AT THE SAME TIME?

• Children are able to easily differentiate their
  own language from the foreign language.

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WHY IS LEARNING EARLY BETTER?

• Our brains adapt and absorb it more easily.
• Younger students are much more able to cope with
  not fully understanding everything.
• The level of fluency is more likely to be higher
  than those who start later.

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SUMMER IMMERSION SPANISH CAMP

• 1ST year Kindergarten and 1st grade.
• 2ND year Second grade.

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WHAT ARE THE TECHNIQUES?

• Total Physical Response.
• Visual aids.
• Acting out songs, rhymes.
• Games.
• Puppet theater.
• Follow a routine.

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IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE INVOLVED ?

• Teaching of culture
• Trying to embed the standards for foreign
  language education.

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HOW CAN WE AS A COMMUNITY ACHIEVE SECOND
LANGUAGE FLUENCY?

• Having a world language beginning in the
  Elementary school years.
• Cultivating continuity.
• Dedicating adequate resources to foreign language.

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PICTURES OF LAST DAY OF SUMMER CAMP
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