Kindergartners and first grade students will not be allowed to speak English in half of their classes at a Wyoming elementary school this year. The reason, said officials at Park Elementary School in Casper, Wyoming, is the school is now offering dual-language education.
The 5- and 6-year-old students will speak Spanish for half the school day, and English for the other half. It is all part of a new program in the state designed to help students learn a second language more quickly.
“They don’t do this at every school, so I am lucky to be doing this,” said Saul Rodriguez, a bilingual teacher and native Spanish speaker.
The program was developed based on research that indicates children can learn to speak a second language more easily at a young age.
I hate to take the rage and indignant attitude out of this thread, but these programs have been around for at least 25 years. The school district I used to go to had what they called Immersion classes that had young kids speaking nothing but Spanish at school.
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