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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whoah, weaknesses in Mandarin are not "easily correctible" at any age (says the musically talented ABC who speaks two dialects and reads OK, after attending heritage schools on Fri nights from K-12). I even spent a college year at a Chinese univ in a full immersion program without emerging as fluent in either dialect. In our experience, YY only gives good or excellent grades in speaking. Admins know that, with only a handful of true native-speaking kids in the school, speaking Mandarin is tied to SES: money for Chinese au pairs (native speakers without local grandparents often host them), tutors and immersion summer camps, preferably in China. Admins tell the Chinese teachers that it's unfair to grade kids down for speaking/listening ability, so they don't.  [/quote]

Whoah, the YY kids are at an obvious advantage to anyone else in Chinese at the University level, with the exception of those who grew up with Chinese in the house.  And, that's what au pairs are for.  ;)[/quote]

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