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[quote=Anonymous]The tricky issue would be who is allowed to test in. If it's just native Mandarin speakers, little point, there are hardly any in DC.  If it's also kids who have learned Mandarin as well a second language outside YY, and/or are fluent in other Chinese dialects (those who could probably cope with YY level Mandarin after a summer immersion course), you'd have more than enough to replace drop-outs.

My own children speak the dreaded Cantonese and have started learning to write Chinese characters in preschool.  But we would only be interested in YY if it had at least one native-speaking administrator, like most of the other dialect-speaking DC families we know.

Changing the policy on replacing drop-outs would only be half the battle in attracting more native speakers from 2nd grade up.  YY would need to become more native speaker friendly for this to work. Above all, a structured system for dialect transition support would be needed.  Chinese immersion programs around the country offer good models, particularly those in NC, CA and NY.  If dialect transition were a formidable barrier, China couldn't start full Mandarin immersion, nation-wide, at age 5 or 6.  It does and so could YY.

No more snark about Cantonese speakers for once, please.  Everybody but the most insecure has surely had enough.

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