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HowcanIsupportmychildindoing
homeworkinthesecondlanguage,
1.WhyshouldIenrollmychildintheDual
particularlyifIdon'tspeakit?
Languageprogram?
Ourprogramprovideshomeworksupport.
ByenrollingyourchildintheDualLanguageProgram,
Studentsareusuallysenthomeahomework
yourchildwillbeabletolearnasecondlanguageas
packetonMondayswithhomeworkquestions
wellascontinuingtodevelopyournativelanguage
inbothEnglishandMandarin.Thecover
whichwillhelpthembecomebilingual,biliterateand
describesthetopicsthatarebeingtaughtand
bicultural.StudentsintheDualLanguageProgramnot
providesanoverviewofhomework
onlyachieveatlevelsthataresimilartoorhigherthan
assignmentsfortheweek,alongwiththelist
thoseoftheirpeersenrolledinotherprogramson
oftheweeklyEnglishandMandarinspelling
standardizedtestsofreadingandmathinEnglish,butin
words.Parentscanalsoaskquestionsabout
additiontheyareabletoreadandwriteatgradelevelin
thehomeworkinthelanguagespokenat
anotherlanguage.
home,thusgivingthestudentsopportunities
2.Howdobothlanguagesimplementedinthe
toexplaintheassignmentintheirfirst
classroom?
language.
Classroomsarecomposedof50percentnativeEnglish
speakersand50percentnativeMandarinspeakers.The
languageusedforinstructionisalsoa50/50ratio.Fifty
percentofclassroominstructionwillbeprovidedin
Englishandfiftypercentofclassroominstructionwill
beinMandarin.Thecurriculumisthesameasthe
Dual
Language
Program
InformationForParents
Frequently
Asked
Questions
generaleducationprogramandstudentshavetheability
tolearnthecontentofreading,languagearts,math,
socialstudiesandscienceinMandarinandEnglish.
Thisprovidesstudentstheopportunitytolearnhowto
read,write,listen,andspeakinEnglishandMandarin
whichwillhelpthemachievehighacademic
achievement,languageacquisitionandproficiencyin
bothtwolanguages.
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