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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you end up getting a spot, I wouldn't worry about learning the language late. Your kid will catch up with the others, especially if you supplement at home. Actually if you supplement, your kid will probably be ahead of peers. I'm a YY PK parent and it seems like most kids don't speak or even understand basic Mandarin. How much is because of DL, I don't know but the kids entering K aren't fluent or even conversant in early education-level Mandarin.[/quote]

I don't know but hardly any of the kids entering 5th grade aren't fluent or even conversant in basic kid Mandarin.  Most speak like native speakers at age 3 or 4.

YY has never been a remotely serious immersion program.  Hire a Mandarin speaking nanny this summer, insist that s/he only speaks Mandarin to your child, and only accepts Chinese in return after the first few weeks, and your kid will catch up to other others in a few months.  Done.

Better question is, why bother?  The kids lose a lot of English over the years in exchange for a little Chinese and a happy environment. Not worth it to us.[/quote]

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