That requires a lot of dedication it helps if both spouses understand the lan-

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Oct 8, 2024
2:12:55pm

Archaea Intervention Needed

guage. I've seen it done, but it usually only works where at least one of the parents is a native speaker.

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Archaea

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POLL: Do you still speak and/or practice and/or work on a foreing language while living

Archaea

1:58pm

Switched to a new language to learn

md7Coug

2:02pm

What did you learn?

Archaea

2:05pm

Spanish

md7Coug

3:03pm

I'm surprised foreign language missionaries don't teach their kids more often.

rtNelson

2:03pm

They weren't interested. That is, until they took a foreign language class in

paulb

2:05pm

Just speak with them in that language when they're babies. No "classes".

rtNelson

2:09pm

That requires a lot of dedication it helps if both spouses understand the lan-

Archaea

2:12pm

It is not at all effortless for the child to learn, no.

OrsoNero

2:57pm

Unless you are persistent with at least one parent ONLY speaking the foreign

Archaea

2:06pm

That's definitely fair. The people I know who grew up with more than one

rtNelson

2:12pm

Yes. We tried with our children, and even had one attend school in Spanish

Archaea

2:14pm

That's a large part of why it wasn't consistent with me. I was communicative in

paulb

2:19pm

the people I have seen do that have been weirdos

Turd Ferguson

3:06pm

My foreign language involvement consists of watching Spanish shows on Netflix

Indy Coug

2:03pm

With all your time in the Kingdom, you never learned Gulf Arabic?

Archaea

2:10pm

Why? That wasn’t going to travel with me later in life. Learn something useful, like French or Spanish.

Indy Coug

2:13pm

You could have worked for the CIA or oil and petroleum companies.

Archaea

2:14pm

Why would that have been appealing? I already lived there way too long as it was.

Indy Coug

2:16pm

I often wanted to be a spy or a rich oil magnate. You could have learned the

Archaea

2:18pm

I feel yes, still decent enough would be my answer. So I picked the lowest yes.

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