Islamic/Public/French Immersion school

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Re: Islamic/Public/French Immersion school

While every kid may differ, I know a household where kid used to hear and speak pure urdu (no English at home at all not even b/w parents) until he went to his kindergarten. And when i say PURE urdu that mean “aap k kia haal hai uncle?” “baba tu sabzi lainey gaeey howey hain, wapis aeen gaai tu main bata doon ga k aap nai call kia tha” sort of URDU. Yet now when I talk to him (he is in 3rd grade now), I cant tell that he is a kid of Pakistani parents. He still can speak PURE urdu and in addition PURE English.

I was reading a research couple of years ago (I’ll try to find link) that kids in early days (before they get 7-8 years old) can learn 4-5 languages at a time without any problem whatsoever. Research said that because adults cant do it themselves, they think thats its hard for kids too. I was looking for such resources when we (wife and me) were debating to introduce (or to not introduce) our son to Arabic language and were double minded if it will be too much for him in addition to Urdu and English but Mashallah he is doing great in all 3 now. He talk to dada/dadi/nana/nani on phone in pure urdu, he talk to his sister in pure English, he talk to us in mix of english/urdu

@Niksik

Muzna, you speak English, your husband does too. Your child heard English being spoken but I work with families where only Punjabi or urdu is spoken at home, the kid speaks only that language, does not watch any kids TV shows in English, only desi shows on Dish, associates only with family members or people that speak the same language…you watch these kids at school…omg…it’s a major culture shock! Kids who aren’t confident or ambitious struggle until they become familiar. I’m helping at least 7 such kids at this time. It’s an added burden, not to say that they cannot overcome it, but with prior preparation, they can adjust more easily.