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[quote=Anonymous]I am thinking to have my kid to learn a second language, but he does not have any knowledge and can't speak/understand a single word. I & DH can speak that language, but it is not that good and many pronunciation are wrong.

We are debating if I should ask MIL to be the teacher (that language is her home language) over zoom or in person 1-2x a week? Due to pandemic, many of that language school still operates in zoom, and my child's level is too raw, not even qualified to join the beginner level for group zoom learning. I have chatted with a few private tutor doing 1:1 online, they can't barely speak any English, and I don't even know how they could communicate to my kid over zoom if we use them..... MIL can speak English and we live close each other. BUT, we are not close due to DH has a complicated relationship with MIL. I don't want to talk about it too much, but it is DH still resents his parents' unfair treatment and parenting style to him growing up before he moved out at 18 to college. He probably prefers me to do zoom over in person because he does not want to see his mom. I am not that close to MIL because it is just we don't click but I am fine with her. And, I know that MIL would love to teach her grandchild that language because she has mentioned this long time ago, and she used to be a teacher before she retires.

The reason I am still hesitating because I think I can't say or complain anything to her teaching method if I see something that does not work well BECAUSE she is my MIL. And, that may cause more harm to this complicated relationship which I think it is not worth it.

Have you ever using relatives or family member to teach foreign language to your kid? How did that go?[/quote]

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