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[quote=Anonymous]The number of words a child hears, and the quality of language that a child hears absolutely correlate with their language development.  It's not the only factor, not by a long shot, but it's a big one.

I used daycare, rather than a nanny, but when I was looking for childcare the most important thing to me was how the adults talked to the kids.  I actually have a job where I spend a fair amount of time in preschools and to me the number one indicator of a high quality preschool is the language that you hear, both from the kids and from the teachers.  Things like ratios and and science experiments, and art activities are important, because they support those conversations.

So, yes, if I was looking for a nanny, I'd want that person's language to be very strong. Now, if they were speaking a different language than English, and it was one I could support over the course of their early years (e.g. I wouldn't want a different language every year, so a language like Spanish where I knew I could probably find other sources of the language if that nanny left), then that would be fine as long as that language was fluent.  I'd want someone who was fluent to help me interview.

However, it's much less important to me, unless my kid was old enough to need homework help, that they write fluently.  I know many people who speak beautiful English, and write like crap.  I'd want enough literacy that they can read a storybook and talk about it with my kid (in whatever language they're talking to my kid), follow written directions or a written schedule from me, and write me a text that tells me something that happened, but perfect grammar in writing wouldn't be a concern.
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