В Флориде запущена программа двуязычного обучения для детей от детского сада до 5 класса

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Mayte Ambite-Calvo is part of the Dual Language Immersion Program at Terwilliger Elementary School. She moved to the US from Spain in 1998 and has been teaching at Terwilliger since 2012. “And I get to teach in my own language and see these students, who are superheroes, working so hard to understand to speak, to read, to enjoy what they are doing. It brings a lot of happiness” Mayte Ambite-Calvo, One Class winner, said. This is the 5th year of the dual language program at Terwilliger, where instruction is half in English and half in Spanish. It is the only program of its kind in Alachua County. It begins in kindergarten and continues through 5th grade. “She’ll teach students in the first half of the day and then those students rotate to another teacher. Whenever she’s teaching, she’s teaching in Spanish, which is really cool to see so we have students come in that are primarily Spanish speaking or primarily English speaking they might be bilingual. By the end of their time here at Terwilliger, we want them to be biliterate and bilingual in Spanish and English which is really cool to see” Richard Bell, principal at Terwilliger, said. Mrs. Mayte says her classroom philosophy is hard work with a lot of fun. “I have high expectations, but I make my teaching fun because I need fun in my life so I believe my students see that part also being positive and being able to do something that is hard” Mayte said. Applications for the DLI program open in November. For more information on the program, click HERE