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Adding a foreign language as a bilingual family?
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Where I live we have multiple official languages, and most citizens are bilingual, speaking at least two of the local languages.
My 8-year-old student does English on the first language level, and another of our languages on the 2nd language level (so basically one grade behind English).
Should I add an actual foreign language into the curriculum? If so, right now? And if right now, then a level below the 2nd local language? Or on the same level?
Thank you
My question has been answered in part by CM in the latest article:
Every family would do well to cultivate two languages besides the mother tongue.
(Parents and Children, p. 7)
So now I just need to know *when* to bring in language number 3. I don’t know any more than 2 myself, so #3 would be a learning adventure for me and the student.
Ultimately, it is up to you when you would like to introduce a third language. Charlotte Mason’s students learned several languages in her schools. They always started with first hearing and saying a new language. When the students were able to read and write in that language, then they started another language with hearing and saying. Being able to read and write a foreign language shows that a student has become fluent enough in that language that beginning a new one will not be confusing. So, in Charlotte Mason’s schools, the students started learning a new language when they were able to read and write the current one.
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