Is French immersion for every child? How about learning disabilities?
Studies on French immersion programs have been conducted for the last 30 years, mostly in Canada. Canadian research has demonstrated that immersion approaches are suitable for every child. Children will learn French the same way they have learned English, through imitation. If that process was successful for English, there is no reason why it wouldn’t be for French. Children with learning disabilities often experience frustration and difficulties in traditional foreign language classes because the methodology is mostly grammatical and very abstract. Children who would have had difficulty learning to read English, have had difficulty learning to read French. In general, it is the actual reading skills that these children find difficult rather than the language used. We believe that immersion is a natural approach to language acquisition. [ Back to Top ] . . . . . .
