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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is this question from the Onion? Unless you are Chinese, a Mandarin tutor for toddlers seems like a spoof. Have you checked out Harvard day care?[/quote] Mandarin is a highly tonal language. That means just a slight variation in the pitch or tone of a sound can change the meaning of what you say. It's very difficult to pick up the subtle differences in sound by the time you're 10 or so. It's a language that is best picked up in early childhood. I speak another Asian language and I can hear the tones of Mandarin, but cannot reproduce them well in speech. This is why parents who are at all interested in their kids learning Mandarin are interested in doing it early.[/quote]
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