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| Title | Utah Trying Out Dual-language Immersion Classes |
| Body | From http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700045187/Utah-pushing-language-immersion-curriculum.html Utah trying out dual-language immersion classes Spanish, Chinese, French being taught to children from Day 1 of their education By Elizabeth Stuart July 7, 2010 6-year-old Kari Thompson is one of thousands of Utah elementary school students enrolled in a foreign language immersion program. For half the day, when working on reading and writing, these students study in English. For the other half, when studying math, science and social studies, they take class in Chinese, French or Spanish. In theory, students should be fluent in a foreign language by the time they graduate high school. It has been only two years since Utah legislators secured funding to experiment with immersion education, but already the state has 51 programs up and running. Fourteen more are set to take off this fall. By 2014, educators hope to have 30,000 of Utah's students signed up. Read the full article at http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700045187/Utah-pushing-language-immersion-curriculum.html |
| Source | Deseret News |
| Inputdate | 2010-07-09 09:29:39 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2010-07-09 09:29:39 |
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| Publishdate | 2010-07-12 00:00:00 |
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