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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I also think the presence of too many bilingual/Cantonese speakers can make it much harder for non-native speakers to learn the language.  At least this was my college Chinese experience: all the Cantonese/Japanese/assimilated kids whose parents spoke Mandarin at home drove out all the white kids except those who already knew a little Mandarin.  [/quote]

Depends how the instruction is done.  At my college, dialect speakers in Mandarin classes generally covered in one semester what the rest of us covered in two. They were placed in accelerated classes with non-Chinese language geniuses, and those willing to work extra hard, and things worked out.  I never opted for the slower track because I liked how their involvement raised the bar.  In the MoCo ES immersion programs, Chinese speakers are tested for proficiency after entering.  If they speak good Cantonese, Toisanese, Hakka, Fujian or whatever for their age, they go into advanced Mandarin pullout groups.

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