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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have read (I don’t have a cite sorry) that some people also use languages in different contexts rather than with different people.  E.g. Spanish at home, English with other people.  I think the challenge is that if there are not consistent environments where the child has to use the language, they’ll lose speaking ability once they’re in school and live in an a English-dominated society.  Perhaps you could go with a Spanish with grandparents rule?  Especially if they vid chat/visit a lot?[/quote]

I was doing that before, but I didn't feel she was getting enough exposure to Spanish.  Now that I'm speaking to her more on my own, (in addition to grandparents) she is definitely understanding more.

But the grandparents are concerned that she'll eventually get too confused and not be able to communicate with people who don't speak both languages.  I'd like to know more about whether this is a real issue.  Based on my experience I suspect she'll eventually figure out how to communicate in English just fine, but I do see how what I'm doing could be confusing for her.[/quote]

It's not an issue after the age for 4. Really. My kids probably language was not English. And she spoke to me and the nanny and her grandparents in that language and only to dad and his parents in English. Around 3 she still didn't have nearly as many words in English but by 4/4.5 she's totally fluent in both, has no confusion as to who speaks what language. Asks me or dad to tell her how to say something in the other language. Understands that people speak many different languages and some that she doesn't know. I've observed the same with many friend families who are bilingual. [/quote]

Wow that was a lot of typos and autocorrects there. It's not a problem after the age of 4 from my observations. We do follow one parent/one grandparents one language. I slip into English sometimes and she corrects me! We do it because I don't want her to pickup dads incorrect accent and pronunciation sincere he's not a native speaker. [/quote]

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