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Dual Language Program Model

Colegio Petite's  Dual Language Program:

• Students receive 10% of their instruction in Spanish and 90% in English each day
• The goal of our program is for students to achieve fluency and literacy in two languages while achieving proficiency in all academic subjects.
•  Learning in two languages increases the executive function, better problem solving, and a deep appreciation of others.  

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​Advantages of a Dual Language Program

• Communication advantages: 
  This includes literacy in two languages and wider communication skills.
• Cultural advantages:
  Broader acculturation, greater acceptance, and deeper multiculturalism
• Cognitive advantages:
  Thinking benefits (including executive function)
• Character advantages:
  Raised self esteem and security in identity
• Curriculum advantages:
  Increased achievement, ease in learning a third language
• Cash and Career advantages:
  Advanced economic and employment benefits

What is a dual language program? Watch video below for explanation of a dual-langauge program:

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Benefits of Bilingualism  . . .

Benefits of a Dual Language Program

​Dr. Ellen Bialystok's (2011) research showed that bilingual children must use more parts of their brain when negotiating two languages.  According to her research, those increased executive function benefits included:

• Increased ability to focus
• Improved multi-tasking
• Enhanced working memory
• Heightened ability to plan
• Expanded problem-solving
• Sharpened ability to filter distractions