How does ISB handle children who enter ISB with no prior language exposure?
ISB is a full immersion program where teachers consistently use only the target language in the classroom. While students with no prior language exposure will speak to their peers and teachers in English, their teachers make a concerted effort to repeat back to them their question or response in the target language and then proceed to pose or answer their question in the target language. Our experience has shown us that after a few months in a full immersion setting most children will begin to address their teachers in the target language.
