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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] My BFF who is a native speaker in Mandarin has been sending her son to 1x a week classes since he was 4 as well as exclusively speaking to him in Mandarin since he was a baby. Her words but her 12 yr old son's Mandarin "sucks" if she can get him to speak it at all which she can't. He always answers back in English. For Mandarin for young kids, you need an immersion school and the well kept secret is that even Yu Ying has trouble getting their kids to speak Chinese on Chinese days. [/quote] In a lot of Asian cultures, it is considered unwise to boast, especially about one's children. So people will purposely imply that their kids are lazy, aren't doing well. Contrasts entirely with the typical American way of bragging about one's kids to others and lavishing praise on the youngsters. So I would take it with a grain of salt when your BFF says her 12 year old's can't speak Mandarin despite going to classes for 8 years. [/quote]
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