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> the poster's child is probably a native English speaker She is not, but started learning english when she was 5 or 6 by watching netflix peppa pig in english
by throwaway47292 5y ago
> the poster's child is probably a native English speaker
She is not, but started learning english when she was 5 or 6 by watching netflix peppa pig in english and with english subtitles, now she is almost 11 and watches anime in japanese with english subtitles.
What pushed me to do that years ago was Stephetn Fry's turn on the subtitles video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-zISnJ-oao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-zISnJ-oao (I cant actually find the one I watched at the time, but was the same content)
- senectus1 5y agothat's hugely impressive, learning to program in a language you dont speak. actually given how messed up english can be at times i wonder if that actually helps :-P
- emacsen 5y agoGood on you for that. This is my nephew, so I don't have a lot of control. My wife learned English around your daughter's age and she's at native level. Nonetheless, human languages are a barrier :)