There me be more than one side, but people who've not been in a classroom, who have no knowledge of curriculum design and what is in place, and what is actually being taught, aren't going to have another side that is meaningful.
There are too many errors in what you've just posted for me to correct all of them. I just don't have the time. We disagree, and not only that, I don't think you have the information to disagree meaningfully. But for starters, the kids aren't fluent AND illiterate by Spanish five. They start out fluent (verbally) and illiterate, but by Spanish five they have learned most of the tenses and the minutiae of grammar- but their vocabularies are not college level yet. In Spanish Five, as in college, you would start reading things like Cervantes, in Spanish. In our school, and I assume most schools, Spanish speaking kids are encouraged to go in to Spanish 1 first. I don't know what kids you think are going to figure out a language on their own with dictionary, but it isn't the majority. Now you can bemoan that if you want, but that's the way it is. It's too bad most of our population has less than half a brain (according to you), but there you are.
Here's an example of an AP Spanish class:
gradyhighschool.org |
