The Bilingual Brain

With fluency in a second language, your child’s opportunities are endless!
Rather than having two separate areas for different languages, the two languages are stored together and the knowledge is linked and can interact.
(Cummins 2000: p.38)

The benefits are endless!

More than forty years of research consistently documents the power of language immersion programs to help students attain high levels of second language proficiency. No other type of instruction, short of living in a second language environment, is as successful.  Young children especially thrive in this type of instructional environment.

Proven Benefits

Second Language Skills
Students achieve high proficiency in the immersion language.

Improved Performance on Standardized Tests
Immersion students perform as well as or better than non-immersion students on standardized test of English and math administered in English

Enhanced Cognitive Skills
Language Immersion students typically develop greater cognitive flexibility, demonstrating increased attention control, better memory, and superior problem solving skills, as well as enhanced understanding of their primary language.

Increase Cultural Sensitivity
Language Immersion students are more aware of and show more positive attitudes towards other cultures and an appreciation of other people

Long Term Benefits
Language Immersion students are better prepared for the global community and job markets where a second language is an asset.
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North Carolina Test Scores Support the National Research.

Students in North Carolina immersion programs score better than their monolingual counterparts on End of Grade tests even without formal English instruction!*
Data from Participate Learning, our dual language immersion program partner.