CARLA, Center for Advanced Research on Language Immersion, at the University of Minnesota answers many of these questions and more!Placing your child into an immersion program is a very exciting process for many parents! Whether you are a parent new to immersion or a parent of a child in an existing program, questions do arise such as:
How is immersion is different than other language programs?
How will immersion affect my child's English learning?
How you can I help my child if I don't know their target language?
The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) is one of the U.S. Department of Education's Title VI National Language Resource Centers, whose role is to improve the nation's capacity to teach and learnforeign languages.