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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 474955" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Yes, in some cultures, of course, it is standard to speak many languages. In Morocco, for example, it is a matter of course for some people to speak three - Berber, Arabic and French - and most people speak Arabic and some level of French. </p><p>Part of my whole "game plan" is based on J learning languages and I so agree with you, keista, that this is a vital advantage in our world. I'm not really worried if J's English is not totally fluent though it would be nice if that happened. One of the choices I am facing is whether to move to a part of France next year (taking him away from all his routine here, very difficult...) where he would attend a bilingual school (though actually the main reason for the move would not be that but because it would be close to a buddhist community with which I would like to become involved). Educationally, that would perhaps make sense for him. </p><p>It is interesting to me, though, that although he does not speak it other than a few phrases, the language with which he is clearly most intimate in a sense is Arabic... his genetic language, as it were. You can see that he is just bursting to speak it properly, really, and reproduces the quite hard guttural sounds perfectly - with real verve, even! And so I would like him to speak and write Arabic too, because that is really his linguistic "home". </p><p>I guess all will get sorted out in the wash...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 474955, member: 11227"] Yes, in some cultures, of course, it is standard to speak many languages. In Morocco, for example, it is a matter of course for some people to speak three - Berber, Arabic and French - and most people speak Arabic and some level of French. Part of my whole "game plan" is based on J learning languages and I so agree with you, keista, that this is a vital advantage in our world. I'm not really worried if J's English is not totally fluent though it would be nice if that happened. One of the choices I am facing is whether to move to a part of France next year (taking him away from all his routine here, very difficult...) where he would attend a bilingual school (though actually the main reason for the move would not be that but because it would be close to a buddhist community with which I would like to become involved). Educationally, that would perhaps make sense for him. It is interesting to me, though, that although he does not speak it other than a few phrases, the language with which he is clearly most intimate in a sense is Arabic... his genetic language, as it were. You can see that he is just bursting to speak it properly, really, and reproduces the quite hard guttural sounds perfectly - with real verve, even! And so I would like him to speak and write Arabic too, because that is really his linguistic "home". I guess all will get sorted out in the wash... [/QUOTE]
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