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[quote=Anonymous]NP here hoping some longer view info may also be helpful. We are in the DC area. Our DCs  Did some years in two way immersion and more recent years in Saturday school for native level speakers.  The Saturday school has given really useful background on the arc of 2nd language acquisition.  Here is my attempt to summarize that. It is built in to our brains to prune out unused language skills right around age 6.  So if you can keep going past that, the 2nd (3rd, etc.) language remains accessible at some level for life.  Many younger children speak at a native level but never become literate.  Research shows doing the additional work to become literate is what really deepens the learning and skill levels.  Becoming literate also greatly enhances the likelihood of your children's children learning the language.  If the parents show interest and support that helps carry the kids forward in the language until around 4th/5th grade.  Then very helpful to push them to stick with it... and by the time they are in middle school and focusing on peers instead of immediate family, skills in another language become socially desirable in a way that makes them want to keep going.

This is how it has gone for our DS and seems to be going for our younger DD.[/quote]

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