Dual Language Immersion
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Dual Language Immersion Network at the Los Angeles Catholic Schools
The Dual Language Immersion Network of Los Angeles Catholic Schools is made of up great schools whose goals are bilingualism, biliteracy and biculturalism. In other words, by the time students graduate from our schools they will be able to listen, speak, read, write and learn academic content in both languages. They will equally learn to embrace differences because this model celebrates exactly this, cultural and language.
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Catholic Dual Language Immersion elementary schools in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles are vibrant learning communities that
educate children to become biliterate, mastering core academic content and skills in two languages, and develop strong moral
character based in the Roman Catholic tradition.
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Las Escuelas Católicas elementales con Doble Inmersión en la Arquidiócesis de Los Angeles son comunidades dinámicas que
educan a los niños para que lean, escriban y dominen el contenido académico en dos idiomas, además de fomentar un sólido
carácter moral basado en las tradiciones de la Iglesia Católica Romana.
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天主教洛杉磯教區內的雙語小學，是充滿著活力與朝氣的學習團體。自創立以來，即以教育孩子們通過兩種語言，
來掌握核心學術內容為宗旨。孩子們在習得學術知識的同時，也學習到在天主教傳統的基礎上，發展個人堅強獨立的道德品格。
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Benefits of Dual Language Immersion• Students feel an increased sense of global citizenship
• Bilingual abilities have shown to delay the effects of Alzheimer’s
• Dual Language students have a competitive edge in schools and outperform English only learners
• Improved executive brain functions such as focus, planning and creativity
• Multilingual speakers have more job opportunities and earn more over their lifetime
• Employers and colleges choose multilingual speakers over monolingual speakers when things are otherwise equal
• Opportunity to earn foreign language college credit early and save money on tuition
• Improved brain power for cognitive and critical thinking
• Increased connection to family history and values
• Incredible ability to appreciate and communicate interculturally
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What is Dual Language Immersion?
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In Dual Language Immersion (DLI) students are taught core academic subjects (math, science, history, language arts, religion) in both English and a partner language. Developing over the course of several years, students gain full language proficiency. By learning two languages, not only do our students become biliterate but they also develop communication skills, empathy, cultural understanding, and acceptance in order to change their world for the better .
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Why DLI at Catholic Schools?
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INTIMATE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT
Our teachers create an intimate class environment which encourages high quality interactions between students and instructors. Teachers develop the whole person, not just academics.
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MISSION OF FAITH AND SERVICE
Since the earliest days of the Catholic Church, the faith has been spoken in many languages. We are called to serve our global community, and language is a great tool to bridge the gap.
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A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE
Los Angeles Catholic school students matriculate to college and graduate from college at a higher rate than their public school peers. Students go on to be leaders in their community and in the world.
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Dual Language Schools in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles
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All Souls World Language Catholic School - Alhambra
Spanish-English and Mandarin-English
allsoulsla.org
(626) 282-5695
Our Lady of Perpetual Help School - Downey
Spanish-English
ourladyschool.com
(562) 869-9969
Sacred Heart School - Downtown Los Angeles
Spanish-English
sacredheartla.org
323-225-4177
St. Alphonsus School - East Los Angeles
Spanish-English
saintalphonsusschool.org
323-268-5165
St. Bernard School Northeast Los Angeles
Spanish-English
stbernard-school.com
323-256-4989
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St. Joseph School - Pomona
Spanish-English
stjosephschoolpomona.org
(909) 622-3365
St. Matthias Dual Language Catholic School - Huntington Park
Spanish-English
saintmatthiasschool.org
(323) 588-7253
St. Patrick School - North Hollywood
Spanish-English
stpatrickcatholicschool.com
(818) 761-7363
St. Paul Dual Language Academy Mid-City Los Angeles
Spanish-English
stpaulschoolla.org
(323) 734-4022
St. Sebastian School - West Los Angeles
Spanish-English
saintsebastianschool.com
(310) 473-3337
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Dual Language Immersion Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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Language is the vehicle for instruction in immersion classrooms. 50% of the day, the language of instruction is a partner language and the other half is English. Students speak, read, write, do math, experiments, singing, etc in the partner language. The teachers still follow the state standards and common core curriculum.
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Research states that it takes between 5 and 10 years to become fluent. The amount of time it takes for a student to be fully fluent will depend on the student’s learning patterns, parental involvement and dedication, learning environment and learning capacity. Our teachers will work with every student to nsure that they are learning at their optimum level.
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No. Research shows that students who acquire advanced levels of proficiency in two languages often experience cognitive and linguistic advantages when compared to monolingual students. Language Immersion students perform better on tasks that require divergent thinking, pattern recognition, and problem solving, and have enhanced levels of metalinguistic awareness.
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Immersion programs serve students of all backgrounds and levels of academic ability. Academic challenges do not preclude students from success in immersion and they achieve higher levels of proficiency in their second language.
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