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:

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