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[quote=Anonymous]We have a nanny for whom english is a second language.  She's fairly fluent but not fully fluent and the english quality decays under stress or if she's been on vacation in her home country for a few weeks.

My kids have extremely verbal native english speaking parents and are surrounded by highly educated people all the time.  My kids speak excellent english.

They also speak some spanish and understand a great deal of spanish.  They also will sometimes teach us (the parents) some spanish as they know the words in both languages and if they're excited will accidentally use spanish with us and then explain themselves but using the english word also.

They are 2 1/2, boy/girl twins.

I see no negative impact on their english from having a spanish speaking nanny.  I see second language knowledge emerging where there would otherwise have been none, and I fully believe that their critical thinking and ability to learn languages in the future are being positively impacted.

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