In partial immersion, approximately half of the school day is taught in the foreign language and the remainder in English. Not all educators agree with the immersion philosophy. Trying to teach young children two languages at once can be a frustrating and confusing experience to them. If parents don't speak the target language, they cannot reinforce what's being taught in the classroom. Proponents of these programs view immersion quite differently.
Children become very good listeners and direction takers.
It also leaves children more open to taking risks. The teacher's goal is not to teach two languages at once, but to creatively teach the target language along with the regular curriculum. One of the benefits of this, as our society grows more diverse, is to ease children s assimilation into other cultures. It s very rare that we feel a child must discontinue the program. Only in cases when there is a language processing problem or a child who is a non-native speaker of English with a learning disability.