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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The students are in China

The English speaking parents are also on the trip to China

The students can practice Mandarin in China even with their parents along on the trip.

At the hotel room at night, obviously, the family will speak English.  So [b]the presence of so many English speaking parents dilutes the immersion experience.[/b] [/quote]

Are you suggesting that if the parents [i]weren't[/i] there, then it [i]wouldn't[/i] "dilute the immersion experience"?  Do you imagine that in the absence of their parents, the students would speak Chinese to each other in their hotel rooms?

That would be astounding.  I've traveled overseas with quite a number of Americans, and even when we're fluent in a country's language, we still speak English together when we're alone.  That's not just an American phenomenon, by the way.  It would be astounding to expect these children to behave any differently.[/quote]

They're fluent not bilingual.   Bilingual kids tend to speak the native language and refuse to speak the other depending on where they are.  I did when I was a kid.  Not that I'm suggesting that YY kids are bilingual but their language skills will certainly improve and it's a good idea to actually visit the place whose language and culture you've been studying since you were 6 yrs old, yeah, even with your English dominant classmates and monolingual English speaking parents.
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Thank you, I believe that was my point.  Sorry if it was unclear.[/quote]

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