SUMMER IMMERSION

SPANISH CAMP

WILL STUDENTS BECOME PROFICIENT BY TAKING FLEX?

(Foreign Language Exploratory)

• Explore a variety of languages and culture.

• Awareness of studying a foreign language.

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.

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.

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.

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.

SUMMER IMMERSION SPANISH CAMP

• 1ST year: Kindergarten and 1st grade.

• 2ND year: Second grade.

WHAT ARE THE TECHNIQUES?

• Total Physical Response.

• Visual aids.

• Acting out songs, rhymes.

• Games.

• Puppet theater.

• Follow a routine.

IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE INVOLVED ?

• Teaching of culture

• Trying to embed the standards for foreign language education.

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.

PICTURES OF LAST DAY OF SUMMER CAMP