Foreign Language Classes at the Elementary Schools Recommended for Watertown
A task force visited programs in other towns and recommends having a class where students are taught in a foreign tongue.
A group of Watertown teachers visited schools in the area which offer foreign language classes for elementary school students, and they like what they saw. The Elementary World Language Task Force recommended to the School Committee that Watertown start an immersion class at one of the elementary schools in the fall of 2014. Other districts, including Holliston, Milton and Millis, offer one or both of two options for foreign language instruction, said Judy Powers, an English as a Second Language teacher at Watertown Middle School. While FLES reaches every student in a school, Powers said the students do not develop the same fluency they do in an immersion program. The program would also require hiring an extra teacher. An immersion …
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2:37 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
I would love to see an immersion program but I do see some issues with it: a) what if there are more students that want to go into immersion that spots available? How are they chosen(raffle?). b) If we do choose FELS than at what expense of time for other curriculum? (I would like to see more time spent on Math and Science right now in Elementary school(not more homework:>). c) Mark Sideris is … more ›