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Do This Before Forcing Your Kid Into a Language Class They Don’t Want to Be In
They wouldn’t learn anyway
One of the reasons being an English teacher sucks so much is because the students don’t really want to be there. I’m married to someone who was one of these people almost all her life. She took years and years of English classes here in Brazil, and the most she can say is neat little catch-phrases.
There’s only one way to make progress with learning a language — immersion — constant exposure to the language.
In a second language acquisition scenario, just going to a class once or twice a week and doing a few minutes of homework is not enough. To be immersed, you need to be listening to, speaking in, thinking in your target language at least half of the day every day.
If you’re a parent that’s thinking about your kid’s future, and you’re thinking about investing in second language classes for them, if they’re not interested you’re wasting your money. There are a few things you should try to do before you get your kid inside that language class.
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