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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Could you imagine going to a place where you could not communicate with anyone? That is what the child feels. It is hard to feel comfortable when you have no idea what someone is saying to you. For my child it took about two months, and some days well into 4 months it was a struggle. Help embrace the learning at home so they can understand better and feel more comfortable. [/quote]

This is a good point.  I actually had this experience doing an adult immersion Arabic program where everyone lived in the same dorm and had to speak, read, listen to music and watch TV in Arabic only for 3 months.  We had several people — adult academics and professionals — basically break down and storm out.

My kid started immersion Spanish in 2nd grade, and it was hard.  He did Rosetta Stone eagerly every day after school, which in retrospect give some sense of how eager he was to get over not understanding anything.  We also started speaking Spanish to him at home (we never had before) and I think having his parents  speak really, really basic Spanish with gestures and no time pressure (no room full of other kids who already understood) seemed to help him. Maybe some play-based tutoring with a native speaker or a Spanish speaking nanny would help?[/quote]

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