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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree. I think Yu Ying is a fabulous school, but I think the whole learn Chinese thing is a fad. Weren't kids desperate to learn Japanese before that? And then Russian?  I think it is great if you learn any foreign language, but this obsession with dialects is laughably pathetic. [/quote]

Hit send too fast. So my point is that the Chinese these kids are learning is more of a "expand your mind" and "choose to learn more" if needed. It is clear they are actually learning Chinese (not like whatever it is that they so at CMI), but I think obsessing over dialects and accents is a waste of time. If you want to speak with a perfect shanghainese accent, that's great!  However only your Chinese grandma will care.

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Exactly.  It is like a native speaker from XXX country criticizing an immersion school in the US for not teaching American kids whatever dialect/accent/whatever is used in their XXX country.   NO ONE CARES.  Especially when your kids DO NOT ATTEND the school in question and the only connection you have to the school is that it teaches a language your immigrant ancestors spoke.  Ridiculous  :lol: [/quote]

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