Dual Language Program
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​Dual Language Program at Mariano Azuela Elementary School
Program dual de idiomas en la escuela Mariano Azuela

Vision: "By raising their academic achievement, Azuela dual language students will become successful in bilingualism in English and Spanish, biculturalism, and biliteracy in order to be proactive and productive members of society in their own unique way."

Mission: By providing students with a rigorous standards based and differentiated curriculum, Azuela students will participate in a dual language curriculum that honors each child’s unique strengths and abilities, which will enable them to become bilingual and bicultural to successfully work and contribute in multilingual global society.

Azuela is implementing the dual language program model in grades Pre Kindergarten and Kindergarten for the 2017-2018 school year.  Dual Language Education is a long-term, additive, bilingual and bicultural program model.  This model consistently and strategically uses two languages for instruction, learning, and communication.  Our students are receiving instruction in spanish for 80% of the day and english 20% of the day.  Activities and lessons are strategically planned to ensure development of skills in both languages

Azuela está implementando el modelo del programa dual de idiomas en los grados de Prekinder y Kinder el año académico 2017-2018.  La enseñanza de dos idiomas es un modelo de largo plazo, aditivo, bilingüe y de bi-alfabetización. El modelo utiliza de manera consistente y estratégica dos lenguas para instrucción, aprendizaje y comunicación.  Nuestros alumnos están recibiendo lecciones en español por un 80% del dia, y lecciones en inglés el 20% del dia.  Las lecciones y las actividades están estratégicamente diseñadas para asegurar y desarrollar las destrezas en los dos idiomas.
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Goals of Dual Language Instruction/Metas de La Enseñanza de Dos Idiomas
  • High academic achievement/ Alto rendimiento académico
  • Bilingualism and biliteracy in two languages/Bilingüismo incluyendo lecto-escritura en dos idiomas
  • Transcultural competency/Competencia transcultural
 
  • A strand implements the dual language program (usually one self-contained classroom per grade level or two team-teaching classrooms per grade level).
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  • One-Way Dual
  • (Developmental Bilingual Education Model)
 
  • Serve students from the  same cultural and linguistic background (e.g., a language other than English).
  • Possible classroom composition/Composicion posible de alumnos:
  • Heritage language students- Students that speakers with varying levels of proficiency the language of their parents or grandparents. Estudiantes muestran varias niveles de entendimiento en el idioma de sus padres y abuelos.
  • Bilingual students – Students who have varying proficiency levels in English and Spanish.  These students have been identified as ELs. Los alumnos muestren una variedad de niveles de bilingüismo.
  • Native Spanish speakers- Students whose first language is Spanish and have recently arrived to the U.S.. These students have been identified as ELs.  Estudiantes cuyo sus primer idioma es español y llegaron recién a los estados unidos y han sido identificados como estudiantes de inglés como segundo idioma.

Recursos para los padres:
https://www.chcfinc.org/programas-duales-de-idiomas-generan-mejores-estudiantes-2/
https://duallanguageschools.org/es/post/%C2%BFqu%C3%A9-es-un-programa-de-doble-inmersi%C3%B3n
https://duallanguageschools.org/post/what-dual-language-immersion-program

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