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World Language Academy immerses students in languages, culture
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World Language Academy middle-schoolers crowd the hallway between classes Monday morning. The charter school, which includes grades Pre K- Grade 7, is a dual-language immersion school in which students receive half their instruction in English and half in Spanish.
When Ana Leon taught school in Colombia, only wealthy families could afford to send their children to bilingual schools, and English was often taught by non-native speakers. “I learned to speak a second language when I was 16. I learned to speak English in my country,” she said.