Dual Immersion Program
The 90:10 Model
Dual Immersion Academy
Dual Immersion Academy (DIA) is an accredited, tuition-free, public charter school providing bilingual education to students from preschool to 8th grade. DIA is located in the Glendale area, in the heart of Salt Lake City. Our mission is to create bilingual, biliterate scholars who understand the richness of living in a multi-cultural world. Students work with our world class educators in our target language (Spanish) while continuing to build a solid foundation in English. Our teachers come from Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, and the United States.
Our Mission
We are dedicated to providing an academically rigorous curriculum in a supportive, nurturing environment; to preparing students to become Spanish-English bilingual, biliterate, and bicultural while developing the tools to be successful in higher education, the workforce and in life.
Our Vision
Our vision is to create bilingual, biliterate scholars who understand the richness of living in a multi-cultural world.
Curriculum
DIA follows the Utah State Core Curriculum and delivers the academic content in both Spanish and English..
DUAL IMMERSION
DIA’s dual immersion program includes English-speaking students and
native Spanish-speaking students. Students learn content through both their native language and the target language.
Simultaneous translation is never used.
90:10
DIA’s dual immersion program is a 90:10 program. The first number (90) refers to the amount of instructional time spent in Spanish. The second number (10) refers to English.
Beginning in kindergarten, students are instructed 90% of their time in Spanish and 10% in English. As they continue to move through each grade, the amount of Spanish decreases as English increases, until there is a 50:50 balance.
K-90:10
1st-90:10
2nd-80:20
3rd-70:30
4th-50:50
5th-50:50
Why 90:10?
When achievement is measured in Spanish immersion, students in 90:10 programs tend to score higher than students in 50:50 programs. Thus, more instructional time spent in Spanish positively affects achievement in Spanish and has no negative effect on achievement measured in English