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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're parents who speaks none of the target language, yet my 7 yo is fluent in Spanish having only started learning the language in kindergarten.  Since we don't speak the language ourselves, we always have a Spanish speaking au pair who speaks with her before and after school and all summer.  We also vacation in Spanish speaking places where she is immersed.  She just spent spring break in a kids club where the majority language was Spanish. She also watches TV and gets library books in Spanish.  There are many ways to support a language without actually speaking it yourself.

We have been told that she's fluent and speaks without an accent by many, and her teacher says she is on grade level for a native speaking 2nd grader.  I have no reason to doubt this, as she's reading Magic Treehouse in Spanish and chatters up a storm with our au pair.[/quote]

Cool story bro!  I see you’re actually trying to support your children, but just fyi, people who are paid to teach your kids spanish aren’t going to be the most reliable sources to determine your kiddos’s ability.  When I go to my kids school, they have a different standard for kids whose parents actually speak the target language. Just FYI. [/quote]

If PP has an au pair, I believe that her kid is fluent. I am a native speaker and I have seen that some of my kids classmate with Spanish speaking Nannie’s/aupair are fluent.
 These kids have been speaking Spanish since babies. [/quote]

No 7 year old is fluent, in any language. They do not having the vocabulary, reading or writing ability to be fluent.  If someone came to me and claimed to be “fluent” in English because they can read Magic Treehouse, I would not take that person seriously but also not argue with them because what’s the point?

The kid is going a great job… but not fluent. [/quote]

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