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[quote=Anonymous]We are bilingual and only speak 2nd language at home. Every time we go to back home, we bring back books, DVDs, etc., and every time friends and family visit us, we ask to bring books, dvds, etc. DD is in school now, so most new words are being learned in English, so there is the usual mixing of the 2 languages. So, it's common she'll say something like "today we learned about PLANETS in SCIENCE and did you know that PLUTO isn't a PLANET, it's a BIG ROCK?" (where English words are in all caps. I'll say something like, "Cool!" and basically repeat everything back to her, 100% in 2nd language. And ask questions, like "so what are the names of the other planets?" "how many planets are there?" so she can use hear the new word in 2nd language several times. It's working so far! [/quote]
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