50/50 Dual Language Program

Dual Language is both an additive bilingual program for native speaking students of the partner language and a foreign language immersion program for English-speaking students. In two-way classrooms, a combination of native speakers of the partner language and English speakers are taught together in an effort to develop full bilingualism and bi-literacy for both groups of students. At the secondary level (middle school/high school), students participating in the program typically take two or three classes in the partner language.

In a 50/50 model, both languages of instruction must be distributed equally throughout each day, not alternating days or weeks. Therefore, each language will be allocated in a continuous, uninterrupted block so that 50% of the day is taught in English and 50% is taught in the partner language.

For more information on HISD's Dual Language program models click here.