Dual Immersion program in Shafter shows importance bilingualism

Dual Immersion program in Shafter shows importance bilingualism

Golden Oak Elementary School offers a Dual Immersion program, where students are taught all subjects in Spanish and English.It chose Spanish as the dual immersion language because of the number of Hispanic families in Shafter expressing Spanish as their language of choice for the program.According to the U.S. Department of Education, bilingual education has been linked to increased executive functioning, improved concentration and memory, master…