What's the best way to prepare for language immersion?

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Anonymous wrote:MODERATORS..... It's best that you delete this thread ASAP! I can clap back at these assholes ALL DAY LONG if I have to, and things WILL get ugly!

You don't decide who deletes threads. How silly.

I guess I'm not as privileged as some of you bastards! How silly of me for thinking that.

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Anonymous wrote:Host a native-speaking au pair or don't bother. The only way to teach little kids languages is via immersion. Nothing else works. You can kid yourself that a little Muzzy will help, but it won't.

While I mainly agree, I would probably try to at least give them some exposure to the culture since otherwise they won't have much. But not through tutors or apps, perhaps there are some events or cultural centers in the region.

No worries, OP. YY admins have had little exposure to the culture. Never lived in China, worked there, studied there, don't speak the language well, so no stress for you and your 3 year old. Just focus on the warm and fuzzy community, nice campus, rock star PARCC results etc.

If you're being sarcastic, you're an a$$

PP is right. YY Chinese language and culture obviously isn't serious so why worry or work? Chill.

I had to laugh out loud at this. Sure an app will really make your kid ready. Sure.

Oh honey, the only thing I expected for the app to do was to introduce him to some basic words. I swear, you women/men in this forum are really a bunch of rude bitches!!

A couple of posters jump in right away with antagonistic comments any time someone mentions YY. I swear they wait, poised at their computers. And for them, anything short of native speakers at home and an au pair is useless.

+1. They are awful. Absolutely not constructive at all. Agree with talking with current parents. Most of the ones I know are pretty realistic about what the school is doing well and what kinds of supplementation is helpful. There are some kids who have done really well with Chinese but it takes a certain kind of kid and a lot of extra effort.

They're not awful. They're right and the truth hurts. YY doesn't do a good job of teaching kids to speak Mandarin. Some of the families do a good job on their own, mostly by hiring au pairs for years and years.

Let me guess..... those parents who hire au pairs are wealthy white folks?! I wonder how many of their husbands are banging the au pairs behind their wives backs? You ma'am can STFU too since you didn't have anything positive to say. Good day!!

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We had two au pairs from China and they both crashed our cars. One crashed twice. We needed someone who could drive our kids around safely, so no more Chinese au pairs. How’s that for some straight talk about Chinese culture?

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Anonymous wrote:We had two au pairs from China and they both crashed our cars. One crashed twice. We needed someone who could drive our kids around safely, so no more Chinese au pairs. How’s that for some straight talk about Chinese culture?

My coworker has had several and they're not all they're hyped up to be. I worked for a doctor who ended up leaving his family for their au pair. These women in this forum sit on their high horses judging people and schools, but what they really should be doing is trying to figure out why their husbands are always "working late" or on a "business trip".... they also need to figure out why their children hate their asses!

Get up from the computer Amy and take care if your children and husbands and stop allowing the next person to do your job!

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Get a clue. You can make Chinese au pairs work if you choose wisely, train them carefully (including to drive better) and can afford them.

At YY, it's just not difficult to tell which families host au pairs when you speak Chinese to the kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Get a clue. You can make Chinese au pairs work if you choose wisely, train them carefully (including to drive better) and can afford them.

At YY, it's just not difficult to tell which families host au pairs when you speak Chinese to the kids.

Well not everyone cam afford an au pair, Susan! Not everyone wants a total stranger living in their home and taking care of their children.

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Anonymous wrote:Get a clue. You can make Chinese au pairs work if you choose wisely, train them carefully (including to drive better) and can afford them.

At YY, it's just not difficult to tell which families host au pairs when you speak Chinese to the kids.

Well not everyone cam afford an au pair, Susan! Not everyone wants a total stranger living in their home and taking care of their children.

+1, privileged PP ignores that MANY families cannot easily afford an au pair. And many others can't easily host an au pair given space/logistics.

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Anonymous wrote:Get a clue. You can make Chinese au pairs work if you choose wisely, train them carefully (including to drive better) and can afford them.

At YY, it's just not difficult to tell which families host au pairs when you speak Chinese to the kids.

Well not everyone cam afford an au pair, Susan! Not everyone wants a total stranger living in their home and taking care of their children.

+1, privileged PP ignores that MANY families cannot easily afford an au pair. And many others can't easily host an au pair given space/logistics.

Exactly. I notice that there's a lot of privileged assholes in this forum. They sit back and talk crap and judge people anonymously.

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Anonymous wrote:Get a clue. You can make Chinese au pairs work if you choose wisely, train them carefully (including to drive better) and can afford them.

At YY, it's just not difficult to tell which families host au pairs when you speak Chinese to the kids.

Well not everyone cam afford an au pair, Susan! Not everyone wants a total stranger living in their home and taking care of their children.

+1, privileged PP ignores that MANY families cannot easily afford an au pair. And many others can't easily host an au pair given space/logistics.

Right, so the kids' Chinese isn't good relative to that of the families who host au pairs year in and year out, at least where parents require au pairs to ensure that kids answer Chinese with Chinese. You may or may not mind that the au pair-less YY kids speak poorly compared to those with au pairs, but that's the reality of the situation. Wish things were different.

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Anonymous wrote:Get a clue. You can make Chinese au pairs work if you choose wisely, train them carefully (including to drive better) and can afford them.

At YY, it's just not difficult to tell which families host au pairs when you speak Chinese to the kids.

Well not everyone cam afford an au pair, Susan! Not everyone wants a total stranger living in their home and taking care of their children.

+1, privileged PP ignores that MANY families cannot easily afford an au pair. And many others can't easily host an au pair given space/logistics.

Exactly. I notice that there's a lot of privileged assholes in this forum. They sit back and talk crap and judge people anonymously.

DOn't agree. PPs are using common sense to connect the dots. W/out a native speaker in the home, immersion language study doesn't go very well. YY admins won't tell you this, but those of us who host au pairs at YY (dozens of us) know it.

Talk to other parents if you doubt this. I wouldn't choose immersion study if I didn't speak the language (I do not) AND couldn't afford to host au pairs given space/resources/logistics. I'm hardly alone on this score at YY.

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Hey smug PP, so in your mind people should avoid any immersion schools unless they can host an au pair? What a rigid, narrow-minded view. Yes that’s great for those who can manage it, but it’s not reality that this could occur on a large scale. Good thing you’re not in charge at YY.

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Anonymous wrote:Get a clue. You can make Chinese au pairs work if you choose wisely, train them carefully (including to drive better) and can afford them.

At YY, it's just not difficult to tell which families host au pairs when you speak Chinese to the kids.

Well not everyone cam afford an au pair, Susan! Not everyone wants a total stranger living in their home and taking care of their children.

+1, privileged PP ignores that MANY families cannot easily afford an au pair. And many others can't easily host an au pair given space/logistics.

Well, you should have thought of that before you chose YY. If you cannot afford a Mandarin speaking au pair, then your children will speak inferior Mandarin. The End.

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Anonymous wrote:Get a clue. You can make Chinese au pairs work if you choose wisely, train them carefully (including to drive better) and can afford them.

At YY, it's just not difficult to tell which families host au pairs when you speak Chinese to the kids.

Well not everyone cam afford an au pair, Susan! Not everyone wants a total stranger living in their home and taking care of their children.

+1, privileged PP ignores that MANY families cannot easily afford an au pair. And many others can't easily host an au pair given space/logistics.

Exactly. I notice that there's a lot of privileged assholes in this forum. They sit back and talk crap and judge people anonymously.

DOn't agree. PPs are using common sense to connect the dots. W/out a native speaker in the home, immersion language study doesn't go very well. YY admins won't tell you this, but those of us who host au pairs at YY (dozens of us) know it.

Talk to other parents if you doubt this. I wouldn't choose immersion study if I didn't speak the language (I do not) AND couldn't afford to host au pairs given space/resources/logistics. I'm hardly alone on this score at YY.

So why am I not seeing the same negative nasty comments in threads that talk about other schools with language immersion programs? LIKE I SAID, I've been reading a lot on this forum for months, and there are many rude and bitchy men and women on here!! Its fine to speak up and give your opinion, but there's no need to be a rude judgmental, snobby, privleged BITCH when doing so. All that "sit back and enjoy the koolaid" is some BS. I SAID WHAT I SAID!!

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Anonymous wrote:Get a clue. You can make Chinese au pairs work if you choose wisely, train them carefully (including to drive better) and can afford them.

At YY, it's just not difficult to tell which families host au pairs when you speak Chinese to the kids.

Well not everyone cam afford an au pair, Susan! Not everyone wants a total stranger living in their home and taking care of their children.

+1, privileged PP ignores that MANY families cannot easily afford an au pair. And many others can't easily host an au pair given space/logistics.

Well, you should have thought of that before you chose YY. If you cannot afford a Mandarin speaking au pair, then your children will speak inferior Mandarin. The End.

Who TF do you think you are? You should've thought before you commented. Another bitch perched at her computer, ready to spew some foolishness. There's no law that says that she cannot put her child into a LI program, because she can't afford an au pair. You people are disgusting, vile humans!

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Anonymous wrote:Get a clue. You can make Chinese au pairs work if you choose wisely, train them carefully (including to drive better) and can afford them.

At YY, it's just not difficult to tell which families host au pairs when you speak Chinese to the kids.

Well not everyone cam afford an au pair, Susan! Not everyone wants a total stranger living in their home and taking care of their children.

+1, privileged PP ignores that MANY families cannot easily afford an au pair. And many others can't easily host an au pair given space/logistics.

Exactly. I notice that there's a lot of privileged assholes in this forum. They sit back and talk crap and judge people anonymously.

DOn't agree. PPs are using common sense to connect the dots. W/out a native speaker in the home, immersion language study doesn't go very well. YY admins won't tell you this, but those of us who host au pairs at YY (dozens of us) know it.

Talk to other parents if you doubt this. I wouldn't choose immersion study if I didn't speak the language (I do not) AND couldn't afford to host au pairs given space/resources/logistics. I'm hardly alone on this score at YY.

So why am I not seeing the same negative nasty comments in threads that talk about other schools with language immersion programs? LIKE I SAID, I've been reading a lot on this forum for months, and there are many rude and bitchy men and women on here!! Its fine to speak up and give your opinion, but there's no need to be a rude judgmental, snobby, privleged BITCH when doing so. All that "sit back and enjoy the koolaid" is some BS. I SAID WHAT I SAID!!

You haven’t seen any negative or nasty comments about other immersion schools on DCUM? You must not read Oyster threads.