No, kids don’t really start school pre-equipped with English skills. In fact, most preschooler shows are dubbed. The previous exposure helps some, especially t

No, kids don’t really start school pre-equipped with English skills. In fact, most preschooler shows are dubbed. The previous exposure helps some, especially those who can already read the subtitles, but more important is that when they actually start studying English, they’re also exposed to more grown-up shows—which do come subtitled. Or that’s how it was. Nowadays, of course, it seems that kids move pretty seamlessly to content without even subtitles (think youtube and whatever it is the kids use).