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[quote=Anonymous]If I were a Yu Ying parent not connected some other way to Chinese, I'd welcome this opportunity. Lest there is a real and emotional exposure to the context of a language, it's really hard to learn and sustain it in a meaningful way. Children have to experience that it's meaningful. Us parents telling them so (your future job, income, life etc.) doesn't carry that meaning. In the absence of intrinsic meaning such as Chinese heritage, such a trip can really help. It can make the difference between creating that contextual foundation or not. As someone sending my kids to Europe in the summer for $3000 a pop, precisely to nurture that contextual connection to their second language and culture, the price tag seems okay. Or else, honestly, parents with no connection to Chinese really have to stop fooling themselves about the usefulness of sending a child to a Chinese immersion school.[/quote]
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