Beneficios de esta metodología:
- Mejorar habilidades lingüísticas y meta lingüistas
- Un aumento cognitivo en pensamiento analítico, formaciones de conceptos, y comprensión verbal y y auditiva.
- Mejorar el conocimiento de su primera lengua.
- Conocer a otras culturas que ayuda a los alumnos a entender y apreciar la diversidad en el mundo.
- Ampliar las oportunidades profesionales en trabajos donde es importante saber más de solo un idioma.
- Aprobar los exámenes internacionales y otros exámenes académicos con una nota muy alta.
- Mejorar la memoria.
In total immersion, almost 100% of class time is spent in the foreign language. Subject matter taught in foreign language and language learning per se is incorporated as necessary throughout the curriculum. The goals are to become functionally proficient in the foreign language, to master subject content taught in the foreign languages, and to acquire an understanding of and appreciation for other cultures. This type of program is usually sequential, cumulative, continuous, proficiency-oriented, and part of an integrated grade school sequence. The use of a wide variety of sources and materials is utilized to achieve maximum learning.
Benefits of Total Immersion:
- Improvement in linguistic and meta linguistic abilities
- An increase of cognitive ability such as divergent thinking, concept formation, verbal abilities, listening skills and general reasoning
- Improves one's understanding of his/her native language.
- Opens the door to other cultures and helps a child understand and appreciate people from other countries.
- Increases job opportunities in many careers where knowing another language is a real asset.
- Superior SAT scores and standardized testing
- Enhances memory