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[quote=Franklyre][quote=Anonymous]I find it completely unbelievable that children are gaining fluency rapidly in just one hour class a week. [/quote] It depends what you call fluency. My son is light years away from being fluent. But at 18 months to recognize a "that is French" and be comfortable around somebody talking something completely foreign, and have a dozen words, sure. It does help if you are able to do some home practice. My son actually asks me "Dady, where is the Chinese book." He is very eager to learn. If you watch the Ted Talks video I linked to, they showed a US child with only 12 classes from age 6 months to 15 months. And their ability to differentiate sounds in Chinese were equivalent to a native Chinese speaker. Fluent no, but you have to start with being able to recognize the sounds. Frank[/quote]
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