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SIX DAYS in
SIX DAYS in
SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA
SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA

Great real life

experience in

Immersion

Program

nglish immersion is a direct language learning
approach. It is a monolingual communicative
Eapproach. Its motto is ‘sink or swim’ that means
‘either learn properly or nothing at all’. This is a program
without any necessary bilingual support system. This
program was launched in Canada after a grand success
in the French immersion program. English immersion
is mainly a second language learning approach to set the
mind of the learners towards the target language.
There are different ways to make the English
Immersion program structured. First, the learners are
exposed to the real life situations and the backgrounds
are chosen like tourist spots, kitchens, playgrounds;
second, the indoor approach like watching movies,
listening to songs and all these are in English language
and the learners work hard to get accustomed to the
English language tradition including the use of words
in sentences, structuring sentences, using body language
and pronouncing accurately.
The real life situations set the learners’ mind against
a specific background and they may choose formal or
informal language as required. If it is an office-environment,
the attitude and the use of language are adjusted to the
formal use; and, when meeting friends, going to a party,
the language is adjusted to the informal use. So, English
immersion is an effective approach but it depends on the
learners to adapt themselves to this direct approach.

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