These students are studying the Japanese language and culture in an immersion program provided by Eugene's public school district. The program teaches district curriculum in Japanese and English for a half-day each.
Students can expect to develop competent communication skills in both Japanese and English.
The children in the program are not necessarily geniouses, though they become nearly fluent in the Japanese language by fifth grade. They must work very hard. Most of the students have been immersed in the language since kindergarten. This is very difficult. They have a great deal of homework and there's a lot of pressure as far as being able to keep up and still maintain their English curriculum.