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[quote=Anonymous]Maybe you could send him or go with him as a family to Concordia Language Village Summer Camp.  This institution is more for people coming from outside the heritage/culture.

They have Chinese and Korean offerings as well as European languages.  Even online classes.

https://www.concordialanguagevillages.org/

Maybe if he's with kids who aren't from his heritage it could be motivating? Or he might be better at it and that would improve his morale?

You could also try 1:1 tutoring or even scheduled in-language kids' t.v. shows.

My Anglo-American kid started learning Chinese because of a Chinese-American friend.  He went to the summer immersion camp at Concordia and had a lot of fun.  His Chinese-American friend can speak but can't read characters so that kid is taking high school Chinese for native speakers (in NYC). I am grateful that this friendship helped my son love foreign language learning because he disliked Spanish and he must have language credit to graduate high school.  I'm telling you this to explain that people need internal social motivation to master language.  Sometimes parent insistence on weekend school is enough but I've known several families where the kid quit.  A common thread was that the parents didn't use the language at home.

Some older kids and adults I know do seem to regret that they quit their language study.  So I think it's okay to continue a bit longer even if it doesn't seem really productive.  Just make sure your kid doesn't "hate it".  A little insecurity and discomfort is o.k. but you don't want him to reject the language and culture.  If it gets too negative, I would pause the lessons.[/quote]

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