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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am bilingual (English and Russian). I was born here but my parents are from the Soviet Union. [b]I never went to language school but I speak fluent Russian because we always spoke it at home, [/b]and I taught myself how to read Russian at 12. [b]My mom only spoke to us in Russian and my dad spoke to us in English and Russian as he was fluent in English but my mom wasn't. [/b]She was fluent enough to talk to teachers though. My sister doesn't know Russian as well as I do. I think talking to her in Korean and having her watch Korean TV, etc. will help. How did you learn your first language?[/quote]

Exactly. It's about using it consistently and expecting the kids to use it with you too (which is harder than just allowing them to use the dominant language over and over again).[/quote]
Nope, not really, this poster used Russian with her mom because she had to as mom spoke no English. It's a lot harder when the kid knows you speak English perfectly well.[/quote]

I'm not sure if English is your first language or not, but the PP did [b]not[/b] say mom spoke no English. She said mom wasn't *fluent* in English, but [b]was fluent enough[/b] to talk with teachers. [/quote]

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