Word: spanishness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Cordova says the environment in her classroom is completely Spanish, with Spanish books and posters around the room help to reinforce the language for students...
...Amigos program begins in Kindergarten and now continues through sixth grade. Kindergarten and first-grade students are taught for half of each week in Spanish and half in English. In second grade, the schedule changes to week-long blocks in each language...
...haven't seen any student confusion [with the switch]," says Margarita Cordova, a Kindergarten teacher in a Spanish classroom of Amigos. "They know which days are English and which are Spanish better than their parents...
...Through the program] students are able to function in an all-English environment and an all-Spanish environment," Casabon says...
Cordova teaches her class entirely in Spanish, but the kindergarteners are allowed to ask and answer questions in Spanish or English, she says...