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> parents are actively encouraged to speak their mother tongue at home and not try to help their children by speaking Swedish I married into an Armenian family
by schwartzworld 5y ago
> parents are actively encouraged to speak their mother tongue at home and not try to help their children by speaking Swedish
I married into an Armenian family, and can attest that you don't have to teach your kids English if you live in America. I know several families who spoke Armenian exclusively at home and their kids still found themselves fluent in English by 5 years old. It's everywhere and they are sponges.
- telesilla 5y agoThe only challenge is writing: English is awful to learn, compared to other languages because of how obtuse and irregular it is. (Chinese & Kanji aside I'm sure, due to memorization). It's hard for kids who learn say, Spanish in school then at home struggle to master also the English language. Still, I suppose English is hard for most people regardless!