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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am having some struggles understanding the culture around the immersion school my kids go to.

It seems that so many families don't care and don't even try to speak the immersion language. I get that they may never speak it, but is it hard to at least try to seem interested?

At a recent 1st grader's birthday party, the parents didn't even know the happy birthday song in that language. After 4 years of their kid immersed in that language??

I just don't get it. Can anyone explain to me?

It seems such a waste to have kids in an immersion school if the parents aren't supporting/encouraging it

Rant over.[/quote]

My child is learning one language at the immersion school. Meanwhile, I'm trying to learn another for my own profession. Furthermore, "support" comes in many different forms. We purchase books for our child in the target language. We encourage child to do a study abroad in 10th grade in a few years. We travel to countries that speak the target language. We label items around the house in the target language. After one semester, it was clear that our child knew far more of the target language than we could possibly learn. I hope that answers your question. Just know that "support" comes in many different forms, some of which are not on display at a birthday party.[/quote]

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