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[quote=Anonymous]Watching with my parents VHS tapes of soap operas in our native language really helped me (Mandarin Chinese).  I desperately wanted to be able to watch along with them so I had to know the language.  It really motivated me to learn and continue speaking beyond the point that I "needed" to.  In other words, it wasn't an academic thing but a self thing.  While all the other kids I grew up did have instruction, nobody as adults are as fluent as I am in the language today.

My family also would speak in our native tongue which helped but I never had formal instruction which is why I cannot write/read but can speak/understand fluently.  My parents speak English to me most often while I enjoy speaking in Mandarin.

My kids don't have my interest but I will speak to them in Mandarin so at least they can hear it.  I repeat the phrases in English so they understand what I'm saying.  I don't believe in forcing them to learn it because with language, I believe you really have to want to learn it or there has to be a reason to consistently use it in order to really have it ingrained.  Just learning for the sake of it is really hard.[/quote]

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