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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  These are the details:

*Children will be about 4 months old (twins)
*Nanny will work at least 40 hrs / week and will likely be employed full time until the kids start pre-k or some other kind of day car (haven't figured all that out yet)
*No one else in the house speaks a second language

Thanks again for all the info!
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In that case, it can be worth it if the nanny never speaks anything other than English and the children have several years of exposure through her, playdates, preferably a play group or fun class conducted in that language (music, art, content doesn't matter, language of instruction does).  Whatever you do, do *not* punish the child for speaking in the other language to you, just ask them to tell you again.  The same thing applies to the nanny, she needs to ask them to tell her again, even if she understands what they say to her in English.  The children won't retain the language if they aren't in an immersion school and they don't have a nanny who speaks the language, but it's still worth it, they have a better chance of being able to develop an ear for learning languages, and they will probably retain enough phrases to communicate in that language (though it might just be where is the bathroom? and I don't speak X).[/quote]

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