Why is English Language and Academic acquisition through English Immersion the best model?
When one thinks about learning your first language, what were the characteristics of the process? Parents begin by giving one syllable words, repeating often, and encouraging verbal sounds close to the verbalization given. Parents and other family members often point to objects and pictures, repeating the new words. Parents expect their child to learn the language the child hears, while watching the formation of the mouth in speaking new words. The family uses simple sentences to teach the child how to ask for basic needs, often encouraging the child to repeat words and phrases. Acquiring a second language can assume this same model (English Immersion), or it can use the model of translating from the first language to the second language (Bi-lingual Acquisition). As we have often heard, much can be lost in the translation. Experts say the best way to learn a language is to live in the country where they speak the language in the process of every day living. This same principle applies
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