Children spend three years in a full-immersion French / German / Spanish / other language programme in IST's Pre-School (Pre-Kindergarten to Kindergarten), or roughly from age three up to age six.
Ffrom Junior One, or approximately age six, the child spends half his/her day in a full-immersion French / German / Spanish / other language programme and half his/her day in a full-immersion English programme, although English is not mandatory and two non-English Languages A may be taken where resources allow. During this time, the child learns both languages through natural language-acquisition patterns.
The aim of the Pre-School immersion programme is that the child enters Junior One with equivalent levels of oral competency in both languages, thus the child develops two “mother tongues”. The aim of the Junior School immersion programme is that the child enters Middle School with equivalent levels of competency in both languages in listening / speaking and reading / writing.
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