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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC is in private school and in the 5th year of Chinese.  The class meets 4 times a week.  DC will go into full immersion for four weeks at a sleepaway camp that specializes in languages.  Next year, DC will take advantage of the numerous immersion trips to China.
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 there are many government and private companies that would welcome non-immigrant speakers of Chinese.  Companies doing business with China in Africa strongly recruit African-Americans who speak Chinese.  And some government agencies actively recruit non-immigrants who are fluent in foreign languages.

With that said, I think learning any foreign language is to one's advantage especially starting young.  There are numerous early language programs in this area outside of school.[/quote]

It is fantastic your DC started so early and is committed to spend the time cementing the language.  Since so many expats are leaving China these days (esp. due to pollution and various types of nonsense) your child may end up with a good job there, or elsewhere.  But your make PP's point exactly ... it is a very long slog to having language skills good enough to use, and takes a big commitment from students and schools.  Starting early helps, but also spending time "in0country" cannot be underestimated, even compared  with the Middlebury or other such program.  There is nothing so painful as getting off the plane and realizing that you really don't know as much as you thought!

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