San Diego schools immerse kids in foreign languages

By Thomas Fudge / Science and Technology Reporter, KPBS Public Broadcasting

Published January 22, 2006 at 9:00 PM PST

This story was published more than 18 years ago.

And handful of schools in San Diego county offer instruction in foreign languages. Host Tom Fudge speaks with administrators for two San Diego language immersion academy to find out how they teach lit

And handful of schools in San Diego county offer instruction in foreign languages. Host Tom Fudge speaks with administrators for two San Diego language immersion academy to find out how they teach little kids to speak in a language other than their own.

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Birgit Schafer . Co-founder and German program coordinator for Albert Einstein Academy, a San Diego charter school with a German language immersion program.
Jessica McCreary . Principal of the Language Academy, a magnet school in San Diego that has Spanish and French immersion programs.