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That's great that you're sending him to a bilingual school! I wish I had the opportunity when I was a child.

• chasd00 8y ago
  my kids are in a dual language program at their elementary. Honestly, it's just ESL for the latino kids. There's hardly any emphasis on teaching English speaking kids Spanish. It's more for the non-english kids getting to have class taught in Spanish for half a day. I don't really care, my kids are thriving just fine, but it's not a dual language program it's ESL in disguise. (I live in Dallas)
  • jimbokun 8y ago
    Then how are your kids passing their classes taught in Spanish, if they aren't learning any Spanish?
    • manfredo 8y ago
      I think the point of highlighting the fact that this is an ESL class, meaning it is geared towards helping Spanish speaking kids learn English, is to imply that most instruction is in English but the instructors fall back on Spanish when necessary. Only one class per day was taught exclusively in Spanish. So his or her kids are getting exposure and limited instruction in Spanish, but it isn't full immersion. At least, that's how ESL worked when I was in school - I invite the above commenter to correct this is it is not correct.
      • fjsolwmv 8y ago
        That's cool but it's not what the parent poster described ("half a day of Spanish"). It's weird to say that learning Spanish is bad because Spanish speaking kids are getting too much value from learning English, like it's some sort of competition.