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[quote=Anonymous]My 4-year-old daughter has been in the Mandarin Language Stars program at Bethesda since Sept.  I do not think we'll continue this summer or next fall.  I sat in on the class when they had a parent's week, and was not impressed.  I love the idea of it though, that kids will learn naturally through play.  But the weekly new vocabulary on different themes can't possibly be remembered unless reinforced.  My daughter doesn't complain about going to the class, but I can't say she loves it either.  A different teacher might have made the difference.

My goal for her was obviously not fluency, but just familiarity with hearing the sounds of the language so that if she chooses to learn it later in life, it may be easier for her to pick up.  She loves hearing Chinese songs in the car, and she is picking up a lot of words and phrases.  However, I will probably go back to a weekend Chinese language program in  Gaithersburg with her.  It was a lot less expensive, and more potential to make friends.

I do think that LS is too expensive.  Great first exposure to a language though.  I don't really regret this year of classes.  I really won't know if it had any positive effects until far into the future.  [/quote]

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