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E. E. Waddell Language Academy was formerly known as ''Smith Academy of International Languages'' is public K-8 magnet school (elementary and middle language immersion school combined) in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States and part of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School (CMS) District. All tuition takes place in the medium of the second language. They offer language immersion in Chinese, German, French, and Japanese for grades K through 8. We also offer Beginning Spanish in middle school The school educates 1,311 students in grades K-8. In the School year 2012/13 891 students were enrolled in the elementary program (K-5) and 420 in the middle school (6-8).〔("Smith Language Academy" ), Great Schools, ''accessed 20 January 2008〕〔("CMS Lottery Results" ), accessed 27 August 2012〕 == Languages == Waddell Language Academy offers students the unique opportunity to become fluent and literate in a second language through second language immersion instruction in Chinese, German, French, and Japanese. From the first days in Kindergarten, students are immersed in the new language. This produces students who are proficient in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in a second language. These intensive language programs are taught in the second language for all or part of the instructional day. Tracks using Chinese, French, German, or Japanese as the medium of instruction cover kindergarten through eighth grade, while the Spanish immersion track covers grades six through eight. Chinese, which the school began to offer in 2006-07, was the most recently added language. The program, in Mandarin, was taught in kindergarten and first grade and will grow a grade level each year. Students recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States in both English and their language of instruction. Immersion classes feature cultural lessons in addition to language and subject teaching. The school has effective relationships with universities in Germany and with the Visiting International Faculty program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This provides the faculty with development opportunities and resources. Overseas teachers also spend time at the school on secondment.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Waddell Language Academy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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