Broadening Our Children's Future Through LanguagesDear Parents,
We would like to inform you that we are considering the possibility to establish a Plurilingual Program in Primary and Secondary Education, which may engage your children during the next academic year (2010/2011).
The importance of languages is increasing. On one hand if somebody wants to work for the Valencian administration they should be able to use both coofficial languages: Valencian and Spanish. On the other hand English is becoming the lingua franca all over the world particularly in Europe.
It is generally assumed and linguists have proved that being bilingual facilitates learning more languages and the acquisition of knowledge and skills as a whole.If we take into account more than the educational and learning aspects, knowing languages and how to use them -in writing and speaking, in formal contexts, with the appropriate variety- will provide our children with the right opportunities in their future life in a connected, diverse world.
It is generally assumed and linguists have proved that being bilingual facilitates learning more languages and the acquisition of knowledge and skills as a whole.If we take into account more than the educational and learning aspects, knowing languages and how to use them -in writing and speaking, in formal contexts, with the appropriate variety- will provide our children with the right opportunities in their future life in a connected, diverse world.
The program we are proposing this academic year is PIP (Programa d’Incorporació Progressiva). It consists of teaching and learning content subjects like Environmental Knowledge through Valencian.
In the next academic year (2011/2012), we will introduce English as the language to teach a subject to be chosen by the staff and you as parents. Furthermore, in Secondary the subjects selected to be taught through Valencian will be Geography and History and Science. In the future, we will be able to use English as a vehicular language to teach Arts.
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As a conclusion, this letter is to let you know how we are going to implement the Plurilingual Program (PP) and involve you in this educational project. Consequently, we will appreciate your collaboration, which will definitely be a challenge and a motivation for everyone, namely students, teachers and parents /tutors.
Yours sincerely,
The Headmaster.
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