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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also looking for advice...have a daughter who is double major International affairs and Mandarin...non-Asian, white. Wants to study abroad in China next year. Wife and I hesitant about the prospect.

She's wanting to go for the cultural experience and language immersion. She's studied the culture for years and wants to live it for a semester. I get it.

But question is, for language advancement, could she benefit in a similar way with a summer language immersion here? Middlebury and Indiana U each have notable programs. Or is actually being abroad heads and shoulders better for the amount of learning to be had?[/quote]

Op here. Those US programs would be fine but I don’t think nearly as beneficial as going to Asia. So yes, I’d say send her. My dc backtracked a lot when he was simply just studying Chinese with other native English speakers.

But as others have suggested, Taipei and Singapore could be good options. What type of mandarin is she learning? My dc learned Taiwanese Mandarin/traditional first (well after a few informal years when he was young in a Chinese speaking environment) and the switch to simplified wasn’t as hard as I’d think it would be in the other direction. [/quote]

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