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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're parents who speaks none of the target language, yet my 7 yo is fluent in Spanish having only started learning the language in kindergarten. Since we don't speak the language ourselves, we always have a Spanish speaking au pair who speaks with her before and after school and all summer. We also vacation in Spanish speaking places where she is immersed. She just spent spring break in a kids club where the majority language was Spanish. She also watches TV and gets library books in Spanish. There are many ways to support a language without actually speaking it yourself. We have been told that she's fluent and speaks without an accent by many, and her teacher says she is on grade level for a native speaking 2nd grader. I have no reason to doubt this, as she's reading Magic Treehouse in Spanish and chatters up a storm with our au pair.[/quote] Where was the spring break kids club? I want to believe you on the other stuff, but less than two years and speaking with no accent seems implausible... My kids father speaks to them only in Spanish from birth, spanish speaking in-home daycare, immersion schools from PreK 3, 90% of screen time in Spanish and my husband's father still kind of laughs at their "American accent" which is not strong. [/quote]
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