The Frau spent last
weekend with some expat friends who were visiting the States from Switzerland.
Their daughter, Toddler S, speaks Swiss German. And when The Frau heard her
speak, she couldn’t believe how much she had missed hearing the language.
But the best part was
that Toddler M and Toddler S played like they had never been apart. Although
they were starting to play exclusively in Swiss German back in September, this
time Toddler M spoke English and Toddler S spoke Swiss German. But they
understood each other perfectly. Kids these days.
Anyway, that fact that
Toddler M still understood Swiss German six months after leaving it behind
made The Frau extremely happy. One of her big regrets lately is that Toddler M
isn’t being immersed in another language at the time in her life when it is so
easy for her to learn.
Sure, every Tuesday, Toddler M gets approximately 30 minutes of Spanish at her preschool, which is the
American idea of language learning, but The Frau longs for a preschool that immerses the child completely instead of teaching the language
like a class. The Chicago area has several of these preschools, but alas, none
are in her very white and English-speaking neighborhood.
So. The Frau is doing
the best she can. This means that Toddler M watches a lot of Peppa Wutz and Bummi on
YouTube, she meets with a German expat and her child once a week at the local
library (which involves more German for The Frau than for Toddler M, but that's another story), and this summer she’ll go to German School. Granted, this German
School is American in that it only takes place for three hours once a week, but
hopefully it will be enough for Toddler M to keep her language retention going.
Another part of the American Experiment continues…
Frohe Ostern,
mitenand.
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http://www.tivi.de/fernsehen/index.html
Not everything is working but some are, depends on the rights, I guess. My kids like "Löwenzahn" and "Terra Max" but they are older.
And language learning ability depends on the child. My daughter was able to put herself into French with 7 and you can not tell now that she was not born here. My son.....So, every kid is different, but hopefully happy ; )
Greetings from Québec, Andrea
It's hard to keep languages going in a monolingual environment. My daughter is multilingual, but her U.S. born and raised daughters are monolingual. But they have an array of talents in other directions. I'm sure that even after the critical period they will be able to learn a foreign language, with an accent, no doubt! And they can do a junior year abroad in Germany, perhaps, some day!
Why don't you find a Swiss German Au-Pair, who will speak Swiss Geram to your daughter?
The tips that you give are all good. It can help a certain student to improve their writing skills in English. Also, in that way, it may lead them in to a good writer who can write well in English language.
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