sarawatsonim Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I am interested in enrolling my dd9 into it next year for 5th. We have tried a lot of French programs and I have yet to find one I truly love. I am learning French myself so I am by no means an expert teacher and my ideal would be to hire a tutor but atm that isn't realistic. I was just wondering about any experiences using this program, love, hates, strengths, weaknesses, independent or parental involvement? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarawatsonim Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 :lurk5: Has anyone taken any of the language courses offered by K12? I would assume they would all run the same way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 K12 uses Powerspeak. Wouldn't touch it with a 10-foot pole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 We have tried K12 german for elementary students for 2 years. K12 french for a few months. My kids are with a virtual academy. It is independent and fun for the kids but retention is not good unless your child is willing to do the drill games until the vocabulary sinks in. We are going out. Any other thing you would likd to know I could answer tonight. ETA: Grammar is implicitly taught which is unfortunately not how my kids learn. That is for the elementary program which is Powerspeak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarawatsonim Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 We have tried K12 german for elementary students for 2 years. K12 french for a few months. My kids are with a virtual academy. It is independent and fun for the kids but retention is not good unless your child is willing to do the drill games until the vocabulary sinks in. We are going out. Any other thing you would likd to know I could answer tonight. ETA: Grammar is implicitly taught which is unfortunately not how my kids learn. That is for the elementary program which is Powerspeak. Thank you. I think she could do the Middle School French 1 or 2, we have enough under our belt to bypass the elementary programs. Bah, I hate decisions. I wish there were more programs available to choose from. But I guess that would make decisions even harder ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 We tried Powerspeak. I did not care for it and withdrew my son within a few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommaof5 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Have you tried Duolingo? Our kids love it and it's free! You can use the program on an ipad or computer and compete with friends for points. Not sure on retention yet, but there are many good reviews of it available and our kids enjoy it (ages 7 to 13 studying either French or Spanish). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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