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[quote=Anonymous]It's good for your child, according to all of the linguistic research (but not necessarily what you will hear from DCUM and even from teachers). That said, it is certainly true that you're going to need more backup at school or home to make this really work. Xiao-Lei Wang's book on a linguist raising her children in three languages gives some useful insights: http://www.amazon.com/Growing-Three-Languages-Parents-Teachers/dp/1847691064. You'll like the fact that the languages are the same ones you've selected. Benefits: more dispersal of language capability in the brain (and therefore more of the brain is used - protective against Alzheimer's, among other things). Makes learning other languages later much easier. And of course it's broadening to realize that not everyone views the world the same way.[/quote]
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