http://04.emilieonline.com/francais-english/teaching-english-to-a-child Chronicles of our family / Chroniques de notre famille Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:53:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://04.emilieonline.com/francais-english/teaching-english-to-a-child/comment-page-1#comment-20078 Émilie Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:15:19 +0000 http://04.emilieonline.com/?p=279#comment-20078 Tal, thanks for that input. I'll re-state your comment in the next post's comment thread, because I think it belongs there as well. Tal, thanks for that input. I’ll re-state your comment in the next post’s comment thread, because I think it belongs there as well.

]]> http://04.emilieonline.com/francais-english/teaching-english-to-a-child/comment-page-1#comment-20074 Tal Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:25:27 +0000 http://04.emilieonline.com/?p=279#comment-20074 Have to chime in here and just say that my best friends (all french immersion kids) never had those "homework" problems really. You can reinforce at home with books and french tv, and that was usually good enough. For what it's worth, these kids are working for the Canadian government (biligualism comes in handy), or living abroad in France. Definitely good if you can get it, in my non-parental opinion.... Have to chime in here and just say that my best friends (all french immersion kids) never had those “homework” problems really. You can reinforce at home with books and french tv, and that was usually good enough. For what it’s worth, these kids are working for the Canadian government (biligualism comes in handy), or living abroad in France. Definitely good if you can get it, in my non-parental opinion….

]]> http://04.emilieonline.com/francais-english/teaching-english-to-a-child/comment-page-1#comment-20067 Simon Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:32:00 +0000 http://04.emilieonline.com/?p=279#comment-20067 My wife and I are currently in "discussions" about putting Dex, our oldest, into French immersion when he starts kindergarten this year. I'm all for it, wanting to give him the second language and, I think, the added mental acuity that develops with it. Amy feels more trepidation, thinking she (well, we) won't be able to communicate with both boys as they get older and ask for help with homework and stuff. A small hurdle, to me, compared with the benefits they'll reap. My wife and I are currently in “discussions” about putting Dex, our oldest, into French immersion when he starts kindergarten this year. I’m all for it, wanting to give him the second language and, I think, the added mental acuity that develops with it. Amy feels more trepidation, thinking she (well, we) won’t be able to communicate with both boys as they get older and ask for help with homework and stuff. A small hurdle, to me, compared with the benefits they’ll reap.

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