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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For a variety of reasons, I’m interested in getting my 9 yo son up to speed on Spanish over the summer. He’s never taken Spanish but has had exposure to both French and Hebrew, and he’s taken Mandarin in school. He needs to be at the same level as a 9 yo non-native speaker who’s been taking Spanish immersion throughout elementary. What’s our best bet? Tutors plus a Spanish-speaking nanny? Spend the summer in a Spanish speaking country? My Spanish is limited to what I remember from high school, so we have limited ability to support Spanish at home unless we learn it, too. [/quote]

Lol!

That's not going to happen over the summer--even if you live in a Spanish speaking country the entire time.[/quote]

3 months is a long time, and they absorb languages more quickly than an adult, but it would need to be true immersion (hours of instruction, plus living with a host family).  not sure you would want to do that with a 9 year old.[/quote]

My husband and I do not speak Spanish fluently.  My children have attended immersion schools since preschool (they are now in the 3nd and 5th grades).  We have made regular and consistent use of Spanish tutors, Saturday Spanish school, immersion summer camps and we travel to Spanish speaking countries annually.  My children excel in all of their subjects, testing at least 2 grade levels ahead in math and English language arts.  However, they are both either on or only slightly ahead of grade level in Spanish.  I say all of that to say that if my bright children (one is a member of Mensa) are only on grade level in Spanish with significant support from us, it is highly unlikely that her son will achieve this goal (grade level fluency) in 3 months.

However, anything is possible.  Good luck OP! [/quote]

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