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Learning a Foreign Language Through Full Body Immersion
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Full Body Foreign Language Immersion incorporates both mind and body into the learning process of a foreign language. Children are more receptive when educational activities include a physical component. Full Body Immersion teaching focuses on their ability to create, learn, and enjoy while using all of their senses.
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Educators must tune into both external and internal aspects of the growing process.
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For example, during a physical activity such as marching, we aren’t just working our bodies. Teachers might introduce mathematical concepts while counting steps, and use terminology about space and place when moving forward, backward, up, down, inside, and outside. When new vocabulary is introduced during a fun, physical activity, the child experiences joy and is eager to continue doing it.
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There are many ways to achieve educational objectives and at Universe of Colors, they believe that learning should make use of entertaining and interesting activities.
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By incorporating fun into learning, developmental achievements become greater, and the childrens’ self-reliance and self-esteem grow.
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At Universe of Colors, students are immersed in a new language without being slowed down by having to translate what we hear and speak. The main characteristic of immersion programs is the teaching of language, content, and culture without the use of the student's first language.
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As a result, the amount of time students get to practice the language they are learning is maximized.
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The main objectives of Full Body Immersion are:
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• improve adaptation to the environment
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• improve attention and concentration
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• instill pleasure towards exercise and music
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• harmonious development of the body
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• improve motor coordination
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• increase vocabulary
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• increase self-esteem and self-reliance
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• develop abilities that will positively influence the learning process
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Using the whole body, amazing things can happen while learning a new language. Stop in and check out our program at one of our upcoming open houses. You can find information on our Web site www.universeofcolors.org.
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by Terry Courtin-Lynn, who has over 25 years of experience teaching children. She has a degree in Education and Spanish from the University of Santiago-Chile. She has an extensive teaching background in preschool and elementary school (foreign language) and she currently teaches Spanish at Notre DameElementary School in Belmont. Terri is the founder of Playgroups Unlimited Universe of Colors. Her teaching philosophy is that "there are so many ways to learn and succeed and many different abilities that will help children get there."
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