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[quote=Anonymous]With or without parents going along on the trip, I highly doubt that the kids will be whipping out their Mandarin and practicing it with the locals. When my DD went to France with her MS a few years ago, she said everyone stuck with their fellow Americans and talked in obvious English all the time. They were just happy talking to their buddies about everyday things like songs and clothes, in France! I asked her if she or her peers tried speaking French to French people, she said they spoke English to them if they were struggling coming up with the French words. It was very much a cultural experience at best and not a language experience. It was not a language immersion class so I can't blame them. With the language immersion class, I expect more language practice to happen, but then again, I am very skeptical about it. Americans are very comfortable speaking English, here or there. [/quote]
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