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My sister came back home from UK to Croatia for a couple of years but didn't want to teach her kid Croatian insisting he should speak English (as they eventuall
by moonchrome 5y ago
My sister came back home from UK to Croatia for a couple of years but didn't want to teach her kid Croatian insisting he should speak English (as they eventually went back to UK).
This was a terrible choice - he couldn't socialise with local children (preschool age) and is severely underdeveloped in that area, plus his vocabulary isn't that developed as the only place he heard English was at home.
Maybe the Swedish policy works for school age children, but preschool - I very much doubt it without special education programs.
- tilolebo 5y agoPreschool kids usually pick up foreign languages even faster. Was your nephew in an English speaking preschool in Croatia?
- moonchrome 5y agoHe moved back right before preschool (at 5 years), I guess I shouldn't have used that term - it means both "younger than school age" and "preschool program age" which is a year before school here. Problem was he couldn't even go to kindergarten as he would be completely unmanageable for them and couldn't socialise well - in large part due to language issues.