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14-year-old cries when his parents and older siblings speak only in Mandarin when he can barely understand it: ‘I told my mom that she is mocking me for not knowing how to speak our native language’

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It’s a truth universally acknowledged that language immersion works. If you drop somebody into the French countryside to be a scullery maid for a family who talks a lot, they will probably be fluent in French within the next few years. It wouldn’t work if you know no French and are barely exposed to real …
Seguir leyendo 14-year-old cries when his parents and older siblings speak only in Mandarin when he can barely understand it: ‘I told my mom that she is mocking me for not knowing how to speak our native language’

14-year-old cries when his parents and older siblings speak only in Mandarin when he can barely understand it: ‘I told my mom that she is bullying me for not knowing how to speak our native language’

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It’s a truth universally acknowledged that language immersion works. If you drop somebody into the French countryside to be a scullery maid for a family who talks a lot, they will probably be fluent in French within the next few years. It wouldn’t work if you know no French language and are barely exposed to …
Seguir leyendo 14-year-old cries when his parents and older siblings speak only in Mandarin when he can barely understand it: ‘I told my mom that she is bullying me for not knowing how to speak our native language’