i dont believe it… where is she living? amreeka right?
kids need to know their own language first… they must know their Mother tongue well .. how they cannot learn the language of the land where they are currently residing? it has nothing to do with the lack of exposure (as u r describing) but it has something to do with their learning abilities…
my 4yr old nephew speaks perfect urdu and english sentences … for more than 3yrs he has been raised among totally Urdu speaking elders…
my husband speaks very very poor urdu and now he feels embarrassed whenever he ends up among our own people …my MIL regrets not teaching her kids her own language..and now they want to make sure that our kids know urdu very well…