Poplin currently has Spanish Dual Language classes from kindergarten through fifth grade.  Students in these classes receive their daily academic instruction in Spanish and communicate with each other and their teachers in Spanish. By the time students leave at the end of fifth grade, they will be fluent Spanish speakers.   

Videos

• ​Benefits of a Bilingual Brain (video) ​
• ​Dual language immersion and global education programs soar at Unionville Elementary​
• ​The Benefits of Global Citizenship​
• ​Principal completes dissertation on dual language programs​
• Dual Language Video

Source: Participate - https://app.participate.com/pages/dual-language-recruitment-materials  

Information

• UCPS Dual Language/Immersion (DL/I) Program
• Parent Resources for Children in DL Programs 
• ​8 ways to support your children in language immersion (English)​
• ​8 ways to support your children in language immersion (Spanish)

Students in the Dual Language Program experience cultures around the world through global projects. This is one of the most important goals of our program. Teachers establish perfect scenarios for communication among other nations by videos and chats, so kids get the chance to see foreign students, ask questions, get responses, and even skype with them using their second language.

Learning Spanish has never been more exciting! In Dual Language Program we embrace language and culture!

According to the CARLA (Center for Advanced on Language Acquisition) "English learners who are enrolled in a full immersion program where their native language taught and then gradually transitioned to English develop a higher level of literacy skills than their peers in regular English-only classes. Research also shows that students whose first language is English, also benefit greatly when immersing in a second language acquisition program. Not only they attain high levels of proficiency in the second language but also, as many literacy skills can be transferred, they acquire higher levels of proficiency in English and metalinguistic awareness." 

Source: Minnesota University: http://carla.umn.edu/immersion/documents/ImmersionResearch_TaraFortune.html